Epidemiology, diagnosis, and prevention of tick-borne encephalitis in Poland and selected European countries - a position statement of the Polish group of experts

• Main Authors: Ernest Kuchar (Author), Joanna Zajkowska (Author), Robert Flisiak (Author), Agnieszka Mastalerz-Migas (Author), Magdalena Rosińska (Author), Leszek Szenborn (Author), Paweł Wdówik (Author), Jolanta Walusiak-Skorupa (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Nofer Institute of Occupational Medicine, 2021-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) is one of the most common viral neuroinfections in Poland. Detection of specific IgM and IgG anti- TBE antibodies in the serum or cerebrospinal fluid with enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) is a method of choice in TBE diagnostics. No effective antiviral treatmen...