title: Case report: tick-borne encephalitis in two Dutch travellers returning from Austria, Netherlands, July and August 2011.
abstract: Tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) is not endemic in the Netherlands and diagnostics are seldom requested. Here, we report about the rare event of TBE in two Dutch travellers returning from Austria in July and August 2011. This report serves to create awareness among physicians to consider travel-related TBE in their differential diagnosis of patients with neurological disease returning from TBE virus endemic regions and to promote awareness among professionals advising travellers.
authors.affiliation: Netherlands Centre for Infectious Disease Control, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, the Netherlands. Chantal.Reusken@RIVM.nl
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Reusken
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Reimerink
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Verduin
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Sabbe
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Cleton
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Koopmans
mesh_terms: D000212:Acyclovir / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D001317:Austria; D004669:Encephalitis Viruses, Tick-Borne / Q000276:immunology / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D004675:Encephalitis, Tick-Borne / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000276:immunology / Q000821:virology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009426:Netherlands; D013987:Ticks / Q000821:virology; D014195:Travel
chemical_list: D000212:Acyclovir