Family outbreak of alimentary tick-borne encephalitis in Slovakia associated with a natural focus of infection.
A family outbreak of tick-borne encephalitis involving 7 people, all of them hospitalized, was observed in the district of Povazská Bystrica (central Slovakia). The disease was associated with the drinking of unboiled goat milk and tick-borne encephalitis virus was recovered from Ixodes ricinus ticks collected from places where goats were grazing.
State Health Institute, Povazská Bystrica, Slovakia.
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Kohl
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Kozuch
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Elecková
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Labuda
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Zaludko
D000818:Animals; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000032:analysis; D002648:Child; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D004669:Encephalitis Viruses, Tick-Borne / Q000276:immunology / Q000302:isolation & purification; D004675:Encephalitis, Tick-Borne / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology / Q000276:immunology; D005190:Family; D005260:Female; D006041:Goats; D006385:Hemagglutination Inhibition Tests; D006801:Humans; D007410:Intestinal Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000276:immunology / Q000821:virology; D018884:Ixodes / Q000821:virology; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008892:Milk / Q000821:virology*; D009500:Neutralization Tests; D018154:Slovakia / Q000453:epidemiology
D000914:Antibodies, Viral