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The United Kingdom (UK) has thus far been considered to be free from tick-borne encephalitis (TBE), yet in July 2019, a German infant developed serologically diagnosed TBE following a tick bite in southern England. This first report of a probable human case together with recent findings of TBE virus in ticks in foci in England suggest that TBE may be acquired in parts of England and should be considered in patients with aetiologically-unexplained neurological manifestations.

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A probable case of tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) acquired in England, July 2019
<p class="citation"> <span>Citation style for this article:</span> <span class="meta-value authors"> <a href="/search?value1=Teresa+M+Kreusch&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Kreusch Teresa M</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Maya+Holding&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Holding Maya</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Roger+Hewson&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Hewson Roger</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Thomas+Harder&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Harder Thomas</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Jolyon+M+Medlock&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Medlock Jolyon M</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Kayleigh+M+Hansford&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Hansford Kayleigh M</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Stuart+Dowall&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Dowall Stuart</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Amanda+Semper&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Semper Amanda</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Tim+Brooks&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Brooks Tim</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Amanda+Walsh&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Walsh Amanda</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Katherine+Russell&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Russell Katherine</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Ole+Wichmann&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Wichmann Ole</a></span>. A probable case of tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) acquired in England, July 2019. <a href="/content/ecdc">Euro Surveill.</a> 2019;24(47):pii=1900679. <a href="https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2019.24.47.1900679" title="doi link" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2019.24.47.1900679</a> <span class="ES_Article_citation"> <span class="generated">Received</span>: 07 Nov 2019;&nbsp;&nbsp; <span class="generated">Accepted</span>: 21 Nov 2019 </span> </p>
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