Defining a risk area for tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) in a country where TBE is emerging, the Netherlands, July 2016-October 2020

Felix Geeraedts; Agnes Wertenbroek; Jabke De Klerk; Jan J. Prick; Loes J.A. Reichman; Dorine Hess; Froukje Bosma; Johan Reimerink; Ben Skidmore; Gozewijn D. Laverman

doi:10.1016/j.ttbdis.2022.101898

Defining a risk area for tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) in a country where TBE is emerging, the Netherlands, July 2016-October 2020

Felix Geeraedts^*
, Agnes Wertenbroek
, Jabke De Klerk
, Jan J. Prick
, Loes J.A. Reichman
, Dorine Hess
, Froukje Bosma
, Johan Reimerink
, Ben Skidmore
, Gozewijn D. Laverman

^*Corresponding author for this work

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TBE is an emerging infectious disease in the Netherlands since July 2016, and risk areas have not been defined yet. Until October 2020 twelve autochthonous cases of TBE have been identified. In six of these cases transmission of TBE virus likely occurred in the Twente region, which therefore is the region with the highest case number and risk of contracting the disease. Here we summarize the Twente cases so far and discuss if the Twente region should be considered a risk-area using criteria of traditional TBE endemic countries, and the public health measures that may accompany such designation.

Original language	English
Article number	101898
Pages (from-to)	101898
Journal	Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases
Volume	13
Issue number	2
Early online date	4 Jan 2022
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ttbdis.2022.101898
Publication status	Published - Mar 2022
Externally published	Yes

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Geeraedts, F., Wertenbroek, A., De Klerk, J., Prick, J. J., Reichman, L. J. A., Hess, D., Bosma, F., Reimerink, J., Skidmore, B., & Laverman, G. D. (2022). Defining a risk area for tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) in a country where TBE is emerging, the Netherlands, July 2016-October 2020. Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases, 13(2), 101898. Article 101898. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ttbdis.2022.101898

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Defining a risk area for tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) in a country where TBE is emerging, the Netherlands, July 2016-October 2020

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