Ronan Kelly
Retired 2020
Tick-Borne Illness Increase Highest in West, on Islands
Published: 10:12
Tick-borne illnesses increased dramatically in 2011 with 24 percent more cases of encephalitis (TBE) and 34 percent more cases of Lyme disease than the year before.
Of the 250 cases of the viral TBE, 51 were diagnosed on Saaremaa and Muhu islands. The average incidence was 18.7 per 100,000 people nationally but Saaremaa's figure was 147 and Hiiumaa island's was 79.
Other top counties for TBE were L??ne, Harju and Rapla in western and northern Estonia. TBE rates dropped in southern Estonia.
Lyme disease or borreliosis, caused by a bacterium, was diagnosed on 2,303 occasions in 2011 (up from 1,721). The most cases were confirmed in Tallinn (i.e., the diagnosis was made by a doctor in Tallinn), where the figure hit 435. Saaremaa was second with 363 but Saaremaa was the only county where the incidence decreased.
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Kristopher Rikken
http://news.err.ee/b96d5302-500a-44df-a889-cba495f2f786
Published: 10:12
Tick-borne illnesses increased dramatically in 2011 with 24 percent more cases of encephalitis (TBE) and 34 percent more cases of Lyme disease than the year before.
Of the 250 cases of the viral TBE, 51 were diagnosed on Saaremaa and Muhu islands. The average incidence was 18.7 per 100,000 people nationally but Saaremaa's figure was 147 and Hiiumaa island's was 79.
Other top counties for TBE were L??ne, Harju and Rapla in western and northern Estonia. TBE rates dropped in southern Estonia.
Lyme disease or borreliosis, caused by a bacterium, was diagnosed on 2,303 occasions in 2011 (up from 1,721). The most cases were confirmed in Tallinn (i.e., the diagnosis was made by a doctor in Tallinn), where the figure hit 435. Saaremaa was second with 363 but Saaremaa was the only county where the incidence decreased.
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Kristopher Rikken
http://news.err.ee/b96d5302-500a-44df-a889-cba495f2f786