Tick-borne encephalitis: pathogenesis and clinical implications.
Tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) is an important and severe neurological illness occurring in large areas of Europe and northern Asia. Only a small proportion of those infected develop clinical symptoms. The symptomatic cases are, however, characterized with fevers and debilitating encephalitis that might progress into chronic disease or fatal infections. This review summarizes data on clinical presentation, pathogenesis and pathology of TBE in humans, and of experimental TBE in animal models with the purpose to explain why is TBE such a severe disease clinically.
Růžek
Daniel
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Institute of Parasitology, Biology Centre of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Branišovská 31, CZ-37005 České Budějovice, Czech Republic. ruzekd@paru.cas.cz
Dobler
Gerhard
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Donoso Mantke
Oliver
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D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D002648:Child; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D004669:Encephalitis Viruses, Tick-Borne; D004675:Encephalitis, Tick-Borne / Q000473:pathology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D006801:Humans; D018884:Ixodes / Q000821:virology; D051379:Mice; D014765:Viral Vaccines / Q000008:administration & dosage
D014765:Viral Vaccines