Case report: Tick-borne encephalitis in two Dutch travellers returning from Austria, Netherlands, July and August 2011

C Reusken; J Reimerink; C Verduin; L Sabbe; N Cleton; M Koopmans

doi:10.2807/ese.16.44.20003-en

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Case report: Tick-borne encephalitis in two Dutch travellers returning from Austria, Netherlands, July and August 2011
C Reusken¹ , J Reimerink¹ , C Verduin² , L Sabbe³ , N Cleton¹ , M Koopmans¹
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Affiliations: ¹ Netherlands Centre for Infectious Disease Control, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, the Netherlands ² Stichting PAMM, Laboratory for Pathology and Medical Microbiology, Veldhoven, the Netherlands and St. Anna Hospital, Geldrop, the Netherlands ³ Laboratory for Medical Microbiology and Immunology, Admiral De Ruyter Hospital, Goes, the Netherlands

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Citation style for this article: Reusken C, Reimerink J, Verduin C, Sabbe L, Cleton N, Koopmans M. Case report: Tick-borne encephalitis in two Dutch travellers returning from Austria, Netherlands, July and August 2011. Euro Surveill. 2011;16(44):pii=20003. https://doi.org/10.2807/ese.16.44.20003-en Received: 19 Oct 2011

Abstract

Tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) is not endemic in the Netherlands and diagnostics are seldom requested. Here, we report about the rare event of TBE in two Dutch travellers returning from Austria in July and August 2011. This report serves to create awareness among physicians to consider travel-related TBE in their differential diagnosis of patients with neurological disease returning from TBE virus endemic regions and to promote awareness among professionals advising travellers.