title: Tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) during a "grand-tour" of Europe clinically manifesting in a TBE-free region.
abstract: We report the case of an unvaccinated tourist who was exposed to multiple tick bites during a bike tour crossing several European countries with ongoing tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) transmission and who presented a typical TBE clinical course with favorable outcome.
authors.affiliation: Department of Infectious Diseases, Galliera Hospital, Genoa, Italy. pontals@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Emanuele
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Pontali
authors.forename: Nicoletta
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Bobbio
authors.forename: Giovanni
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Cassola
mesh_terms: D004675:Encephalitis, Tick-Borne / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D005060:Europe; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014195:Travel