Emerging Infectious Diseases (Mar 2004)

Tick-borne Encephalitis in Southern Norway

  • Péter A. Csángó,
  • Ellef Blakstad,
  • Georges C. Kirtz,
  • Judith E. Pedersen,
  • Brigitte Czettel

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1003.020734
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 3
pp. 533 – 534

Abstract

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The first five cases of human tick-borne encephalitis in Norway were reported from Tromöya, in Aust-Agder County. Serum specimens from 317 dogs in the same geographic area were collected. An enzyme immunoassay demonstrated antibody to human tick-borne encephalitis virus in 52 (16.4%) of the dogs, which supports the notion of an emerging disease.

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