Emerging Infectious Diseases (May 2013)

Tick-borne Encephalitis Associated with Consumption of Raw Goat Milk, Slovenia, 2012

  • Neda Hudopisk,
  • Miša Korva,
  • Evgen Janet,
  • Marjana Simetinger,
  • Marta Grgič-Vitek,
  • Jakob Gubenšek,
  • Vladimir Natek,
  • Alenka Kraigher,
  • Franc Strle,
  • Tatjana Avšič-Županc

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1905.121442
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 19, no. 5
pp. 806 – 808

Abstract

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Tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) developed in 3 persons in Slovenia who drank raw milk; a fourth person, who had been vaccinated against TBE, remained healthy. TBE virus RNA was detected in serum and milk of the source goat. Persons in TBE-endemic areas should be encouraged to drink only boiled/pasteurized milk and to be vaccinated.

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