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Source: https://www.dailyfinland.fi/health/46571/Number-of-tick-borne-encephalitis-cases-rises-in-Finland
Number of tick-borne encephalitis cases rises in Finland
Published : 03 Dec 2025, 23:00
DF Report
The number of tick-borne encephalitis cases (TBE) has clearly increased in Finland this year compared to the previous year, said Helsinki-Uusimaa Hospital District (HUS) in a press release on Wednesday.
The increase has been evident at HUS emergency departments, on neurology wards, as well as on intensive and intermediate care units.
TBE has surpassed herpesvirus as a leading cause of severe encephalitis.
Last year, the total number of TBE cases diagnosed in Finland was 195, but by the end of November 2025, 227 cases have already been entered in the Finnish National Infectious Diseases Register.
In the HUS region, the number of TBE cases has increased from 91 in 2024 to 120 at the end of November 2025.
TBE has been common in Western Uusimaa previously as well, but now the number of cases has increased in Helsinki especially.
Some of the affected Helsinki residents may have contracted the infection elsewhere.
All cases of TBE are annually reported to the National Infectious Diseases Register maintained by the Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (THL).
The increase in the number of cases has been evident in the West Uusimaa wellbeing services county, and at HUS emergency departments in Lohja, Jorvi, and Meilahti hospitals.
At worst, during the summer, a third of the patients admitted to Jorvi Hospital Neurology Ward had TBE....
Number of tick-borne encephalitis cases rises in Finland
Published : 03 Dec 2025, 23:00
DF Report
The number of tick-borne encephalitis cases (TBE) has clearly increased in Finland this year compared to the previous year, said Helsinki-Uusimaa Hospital District (HUS) in a press release on Wednesday.
The increase has been evident at HUS emergency departments, on neurology wards, as well as on intensive and intermediate care units.
TBE has surpassed herpesvirus as a leading cause of severe encephalitis.
Last year, the total number of TBE cases diagnosed in Finland was 195, but by the end of November 2025, 227 cases have already been entered in the Finnish National Infectious Diseases Register.
In the HUS region, the number of TBE cases has increased from 91 in 2024 to 120 at the end of November 2025.
TBE has been common in Western Uusimaa previously as well, but now the number of cases has increased in Helsinki especially.
Some of the affected Helsinki residents may have contracted the infection elsewhere.
All cases of TBE are annually reported to the National Infectious Diseases Register maintained by the Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (THL).
The increase in the number of cases has been evident in the West Uusimaa wellbeing services county, and at HUS emergency departments in Lohja, Jorvi, and Meilahti hospitals.
At worst, during the summer, a third of the patients admitted to Jorvi Hospital Neurology Ward had TBE....