[Tick-borne encephalitis in the North part of the canton de Vaud].
Tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) is described in Switzerland since 1969. More than 200 cases are reported every year to the Federal office of public health (FOPH) and new sites of endemic disease have been documented recently, in particular in the North part of the canton de Vaud. The aim of this article is to review the clinical pictures of 11 patients hospitalised in Yverdon-les-Bains with a diagnosis of TBE between 2003 and August 2007. The occurrence of 5 new cases exposed in the North part of the canton de Vaud over these last 18 months confirms the presence of endemic foci in this area and should prompt the vaccination against the MEVE which is recommended by the FOPH in endemic zones. The sequels of MEVE being observed mainly in the elderly, vaccination should be afforded also to this group of patients.
Schlaefli
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Service de médecine, Etablissements hospitaliers du Nord vaudois, 1400 Yverdon-les-Bains. raphael.schlaefli@ehnv.ch
Randin
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D
Wyss
P
P
de Vallière
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S
Meylan
P
P
Cometta
A
A
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D004669:Encephalitis Viruses, Tick-Borne / Q000276:immunology; D004675:Encephalitis, Tick-Borne / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D019353:Endemic Diseases / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000097:blood; D007075:Immunoglobulin M / Q000097:blood; D008193:Lyme Disease / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013557:Switzerland / Q000453:epidemiology; D014611:Vaccination; D014765:Viral Vaccines
D007074:Immunoglobulin G; D007075:Immunoglobulin M; D014765:Viral Vaccines