Tick borne encephalitis and West Nile Virus prevalence in Hamburg – TiboWeNi
Bühler, S.; Nießen, T.; Dobler, G. · Das Gesundheitswesen · 2024 · Heft S 02 · S. 1 bis 1
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Zusammenfassung
Background: Part i: Over the past 20 years, the risk areas for tick borne encephalitis (TBE) have extended from Southern Germany to Northern areas. Hamburg is one of the only German states without a reported local infection. However, infections have been detected in the surrounding areas. A majority of infections (around 70 – 95%) have an asymptomatic course. These remain undiscovered and unnotified. Thus, also in Hamburg, TBE-infections may have remained undiagnosed and thus unnotified in the past years. In addition, disease awareness may be low among physicians and thus TBE cases may have been missed. In this…