title: Tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) epidemiology in the Brest Province of the Republic of Belarus.
abstract: Prevalence of tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) and number of TBE infected ticks was analysed in the Brest Province since 1955. They revealed increasing tendency, which reached the highest values in the last years. TBE incidence was the highest in June and it was observed predominantly in people between 30 and 39 of age. The studies of TBE incidence rate regularities have disclosed its cyclical nature.
authors.affiliation: Scientific and Research Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology, Brest regional Center for Hygiene and Epidemiology.
authors.forename: A I
authors.initials: AI
authors.lastname: Korzan
authors.forename: T I
authors.initials: TI
authors.lastname: Samoylova
authors.forename: I I
authors.initials: II
authors.lastname: Protas
authors.forename: M B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Rozhdestvenskaya
authors.forename: S I
authors.initials: SI
authors.lastname: Borisevich
authors.forename: A P
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Nikodov
authors.forename: L I
authors.initials: LI
authors.lastname: Zlotkin
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D000368:Aged; D000382:Agricultural Workers' Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology; D000818:Animals; D000835:Animals, Wild / Q000821:virology; D002417:Cattle; D002648:Child; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D004675:Encephalitis, Tick-Borne / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000635:transmission; D005260:Female; D006041:Goats; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008892:Milk / Q000821:virology; D010507:Periodicity; D011044:Poland / Q000453:epidemiology; D015995:Prevalence; D017678:Sex Distribution; D013045:Species Specificity; D013987:Ticks / Q000145:classification / Q000821:virology