Emerging Infectious Diseases (Oct 2019)

Tick-Borne Encephalitis in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Region, France, 2017–2018

  • Elisabeth Botelho-Nevers,
  • Amandine Gagneux-Brunon,
  • Aurelie Velay,
  • Mathilde Guerbois-Galla,
  • Gilda Grard,
  • Claire Bretagne,
  • Alexandra Mailles,
  • Paul O. Verhoeven,
  • Bruno Pozzetto,
  • Sylvie Gonzalo,
  • Samira Fafi-Kremer,
  • Isabelle Leparc-Goffart,
  • Sylvie Pillet

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2510.181923
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 25, no. 10
pp. 1944 – 1948

Abstract

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Three autochthonous cases of tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) acquired in rural areas of France where Lyme borreliosis, but not TBE, is endemic highlight the emergence of TBE in new areas. For patients with neurologic involvement who have been in regions where Ixodes ticks circulate, clinicians should test for TBE virus and other tickborne viruses.

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