Giuseppe
Emeritus
[Source: Eurosurveillance, full text: (LINK). Abstract, edited.]
Eurosurveillance, Volume 16, Issue 39, 29 September 2011
Rapid communications
Tick-borne encephalitis increasing in Sweden, 2011
A Lundkvist (
)<SUP>1</SUP><SUP>,2</SUP><SUP>,3</SUP>, A Wallensten<SUP>1</SUP><SUP>,3</SUP>, S Vene<SUP>1</SUP>, M Hjertqvist<SUP>1</SUP>
Citation style for this article: Lundkvist A, Wallensten A, Vene S, Hjertqvist M. Tick-borne encephalitis increasing in Sweden, 2011. Euro Surveill. 2011;16(39)
ii=19981. Available online: http://www.eurosurveillance.org/ViewArticle.aspx?ArticleId=19981
Date of submission: 26 September 2011 <HR>Until August, 161 cases of tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) were recorded in Sweden for 2011, leading to an incidence of 1.7 per 100,000 population. Fifty to 59 year-olds (24%) were most affected, 55% of the cases were males. An increase in TBE in Sweden has occurred in the last decade and might be explained by enlarged tick populations, more contact between TBE virus infected ticks and man, and also by growing awareness of the disease. Climatic conditions may have contributed to the increase.
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Eurosurveillance, Volume 16, Issue 39, 29 September 2011
Rapid communications
Tick-borne encephalitis increasing in Sweden, 2011
A Lundkvist (
- Swedish Institute for Communicable Disease Control, Solna, Sweden
- Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
- Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
Citation style for this article: Lundkvist A, Wallensten A, Vene S, Hjertqvist M. Tick-borne encephalitis increasing in Sweden, 2011. Euro Surveill. 2011;16(39)
ii=19981. Available online: http://www.eurosurveillance.org/ViewArticle.aspx?ArticleId=19981 Date of submission: 26 September 2011 <HR>Until August, 161 cases of tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) were recorded in Sweden for 2011, leading to an incidence of 1.7 per 100,000 population. Fifty to 59 year-olds (24%) were most affected, 55% of the cases were males. An increase in TBE in Sweden has occurred in the last decade and might be explained by enlarged tick populations, more contact between TBE virus infected ticks and man, and also by growing awareness of the disease. Climatic conditions may have contributed to the increase.