Tick-borne encephalitis in Swiss children 2000-2004: five-year nationwide surveillance of epidemiologic characteristics and clinical course.
Tick-borne encephalitis occurred in 55 children, ranging from 6 weeks to 15 years old. Average annual incidence was 1.0 per 100,000 in all children, and 0.4 per 100,000 in children less than 6 years old. Moderate to severe residua were present in 5 patients (9%) at hospital discharge and in one 9-year-old patient (1.8%) at follow-up. Permanent residua occur in children approximately 10 times less often than in adults.
Stähelin-Massik
Jody
J
Department of Pediatrics, Cantonal Hospital of Aarau, Aarau, Switzerland. jody.staehelin@ksa.ch
Zimmermann
Hanspeter
H
Gnehm
Hanspeter E
HE
D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004675:Encephalitis, Tick-Borne / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D013557:Switzerland / Q000453:epidemiology