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First human case of tick-borne encephalitis virus infection acquired in the Netherlands, July 2016
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View Affiliations Hide AffiliationsVishal Hirav.hira antoniusziekenhuis.nl
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Citation style for this article: . First human case of tick-borne encephalitis virus infection acquired in the Netherlands, July 2016. Euro Surveill. 2016;21(33):pii=30318. https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2016.21.33.30318 Received: 20 Jul 2016; Accepted: 11 Aug 2016
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Abstract
In July 2016, the first autochthonous case of tick-borne encephalitis was diagnosed in the Netherlands, five days after a report that tick-borne encephalitis virus (TBEV) had been found in Dutch ticks. A person in their 60s without recent travel history suffered from neurological symptoms after a tick bite. TBEV serology was positive and the tick was positive in TBEV qRT-PCR. TBEV infection should be considered in patients with compatible symptoms in the Netherlands.
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