Tick-borne Encephalitis—still a serious disease?

Wiener Medizinische Wochenschrift, Jun 2012

Reinhard Kaiser

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Tick-borne Encephalitis—still a serious disease?

0 R.Kaiser, MD () Neurological Clinic , Clinical Center of Pforzheim , Kanzlerstrae 2-6, 75175 Pforzheim, Germany - prognosis is unfavorable in about 4050 % of patients who suffer from sequelae for months to years, mainly in terms of pareses, ataxia, and other gait disturbances. No specific treatment for TBE is known so far, the application of corticosteroids has been shown to be unfavorable for the patients. However, TBE can be successfully prevented by active immunization. Both vaccines offered in Europe (Encepur , FSME-Immun ) are safe and highly protective against TBE. (...truncated)


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Reinhard Kaiser. Tick-borne Encephalitis—still a serious disease?, Wiener Medizinische Wochenschrift, 2012, pp. 229-229, Volume 162, Issue 11-12, DOI: 10.1007/s10354-012-0119-7