title: Epidemiological and clinical features of tick-borne encephalitis in north-western region in Belarus
abstract: to present epidemiological features and clinical manifestations of TBE in patients residing in Grodno region.
  
  
  
  A retrospective analysis of 124 case histories of patients with TBE in “Grodno Regional Infectious Clinical Hospital” in 2010 – 2014.
  
  
  
  Epidemiological features of tick-borne encephalitis are the prevalence of the transmission mechanism of contamination (57.3%), involvement of residents of Grodno and Grodno region (54.2%) of middle age (46.6±3.5 years) in the epidemic process. Clinical features of the illness in 124 patients were the prevalence of moderate forms of the illness (72%) in the form of meningeal (34.6%) and common infectious (29%) clinical cases.
  
  
  
  Over the last 5 years in Grodno region an increased incidence of tick-borne encephalitis exceeding republican indices has been established. Among clinical cases there is an increase in severe forms of neuroinfections and mixed tick-borne.
authors.affiliation: Health Care Institution “Grodno Regional Infectious Clinical Hospital”, Grodno, Belarus
authors.forename: Elena Nikolaevna
authors.initials: EN
authors.lastname: Krotkova
authors.affiliation: Educational Institution «Grodno State Medical University», Grodno, Belarus
authors.forename: Innesa Vladimirovna
authors.initials: IV
authors.lastname: Babaeva
authors.affiliation: Educational Institution «Grodno State Medical University», Grodno, Belarus
authors.forename: Michail
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bogutskiy
authors.affiliation: Educational Institution «Grodno State Medical University», Grodno, Belarus
authors.forename: Vladimir Maksimovich
authors.initials: VM
authors.lastname: Tsyrkunov
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004675:Encephalitis, Tick-Borne / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000628:therapy / Q000635:transmission; D005260:Female; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D002094:Republic of Belarus / Q000453:epidemiology; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D055815:Young Adult