[Tick-borne encephalitis].
Tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) is viral zoonosis transmitted by the infected ticks harboring TBE virus. Mortality rate reaches 30% of in some cases. More than 10,000 patients were reported annually in Europe and Far-East Asia. In 1993, the first case of TBE was reported in Japan, and TBE virus was isolated, which showed TBE virus is endemic in Japan.
Takashima
Ikuo
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Graduate School of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University.
D000818:Animals; D004675:Encephalitis, Tick-Borne / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan / Q000453:epidemiology; D008875:Middle Aged; D013987:Ticks / Q000821:virology