Ronan Kelly
Retired 2020
Published Date: 2011-07-10 23:26:45
Subject: PRO/AH/EDR> Tick-borne encephalitis - Austria
Archive Number: 20110710.2085
TICK-BORNE ENCEPHALITIS - AUSTRIA
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Date: Sun 10 Jul 2011
From: Martin Haditsch [edited]
With reference to the ProMED-mail posts reporting increased tick-borne encephalitis in Russia (referenced below), I would like to report that in Austria this year [2011], there have already been 37 cases of confirmed tick-borne encephalitis (as compared to 20 in the same interval in 2010). Whether this is due to climate changes, a change in tick activity or a decline in vaccination acceptance/adherence to vaccination recommendations (in Austria some 88 percent of the population received (partial) vaccination) is not clear.
In Austria, transmission has been proven more or less all over the country in regions up to 1560 meters, so vaccination should also be recommended to people with leisure time activities like jogging, hiking, biking, trekking or mountaineering. Two excellent vaccines are available here all year round: FSME immun and Encepur.
-- Communicated by: Martin HADITSCH, M.D., Ph.D. Medical Director TravelMedCenter Leonding and Medical Head Labor Hannover MVZ GmbH
[ProMED-mail thanks Martin Haditsch for provision of this information. Visitors to many northern European countries and large parts of Central and Eastern Asia where tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) is endemic should be made aware of the need to avoid bites by ticks or, in the case of prolonged residence, the advisability of seeking vaccination.
Heinz et al. [Field effectiveness of vaccination against tick-borne encephalitis. Vaccine. 2007 Oct 23;25(43):7559-67]
http://beta.promedmail.org/direct.php?id=20110710.2085
Subject: PRO/AH/EDR> Tick-borne encephalitis - Austria
Archive Number: 20110710.2085
TICK-BORNE ENCEPHALITIS - AUSTRIA
*********************************
A ProMED-mail post
http://www.promedmail.org
ProMED-mail is a program of the
International Society for Infectious Diseases
http://www.isid.org
Date: Sun 10 Jul 2011
From: Martin Haditsch [edited]
With reference to the ProMED-mail posts reporting increased tick-borne encephalitis in Russia (referenced below), I would like to report that in Austria this year [2011], there have already been 37 cases of confirmed tick-borne encephalitis (as compared to 20 in the same interval in 2010). Whether this is due to climate changes, a change in tick activity or a decline in vaccination acceptance/adherence to vaccination recommendations (in Austria some 88 percent of the population received (partial) vaccination) is not clear.
In Austria, transmission has been proven more or less all over the country in regions up to 1560 meters, so vaccination should also be recommended to people with leisure time activities like jogging, hiking, biking, trekking or mountaineering. Two excellent vaccines are available here all year round: FSME immun and Encepur.
-- Communicated by: Martin HADITSCH, M.D., Ph.D. Medical Director TravelMedCenter Leonding and Medical Head Labor Hannover MVZ GmbH
[ProMED-mail thanks Martin Haditsch for provision of this information. Visitors to many northern European countries and large parts of Central and Eastern Asia where tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) is endemic should be made aware of the need to avoid bites by ticks or, in the case of prolonged residence, the advisability of seeking vaccination.
Heinz et al. [Field effectiveness of vaccination against tick-borne encephalitis. Vaccine. 2007 Oct 23;25(43):7559-67]
http://beta.promedmail.org/direct.php?id=20110710.2085