title: Tick-borne encephalitis in southwestern Germany.
abstract: In Baden-Württemberg in 1994 and 1995 approximately 390 persons fell ill after infection with the tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) virus. Detailed clinical data were available from 300 patients for further analysis. TBE mostly manifested as meningitis (50%) or meningoencephalitis (38%) and more rarely as encephalomyelitis and/or radiculitis (12%). Four patients with encephalomyelitis died.
authors.affiliation: Neurologische Universitätsklinik, Neurozentrum, Freiburg, Germany.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kaiser
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004675:Encephalitis, Tick-Borne / Q000453:epidemiology*; D004679:Encephalomyelitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000401:mortality / Q000821:virology; D005260:Female; D005858:Germany / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008581:Meningitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000821:virology; D008590:Meningoencephalitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000821:virology; D011843:Radiculopathy / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000821:virology; D012723:Sex