Autochthonous Cases of Tick-Borne Encephalitis, Belgium, 2020

We report 3 confirmed autochthonous tick-borne encephalitis cases in Belgium diagnosed during summer 2020. Clinicians should include this viral infection in the differential diagnosis for patients with etiologically unexplained neurologic manifestations, even for persons without recent travel histor...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Stoefs, Anke, Heyndrickx, Leo, De Winter, Jonathan, Coeckelbergh, Evelien, Willekens, Barbara, Alonso-Jiménez, Alicia, Tuttino, Anne-Marie, Geerts, Yvette, Ariën, Kevin K., Van Esbroeck, Marjan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2021
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Dispatch
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8314842/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34111382
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2708.211175
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Sumario:We report 3 confirmed autochthonous tick-borne encephalitis cases in Belgium diagnosed during summer 2020. Clinicians should include this viral infection in the differential diagnosis for patients with etiologically unexplained neurologic manifestations, even for persons without recent travel history.

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