Seroprevalence of tick-borne encephalitis virus and vaccination coverage of tick-borne encephalitis, Sweden, 2018 to 2019

ConclusionA difference was observed between low- and high-incidence TBE regions, on the overall TBEV seroprevalence and when separated into vaccinated and infected individuals. The estimated incidence and manifestation index argue that a large proportion of TBEV infections are not diagnosed.PMID:38214080 | PMC:PMC10785208 | DOI:10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2024.29.2.2300221

Source: Euro Surveill - January 12, 2024 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Bo Albinsson Tove Hoffman Linda Kolstad Tomas Bergstr öm Gordana Bogdanovic Anna Heydecke Mirja H ägg Torbj örn Kjerstadius Ylva Lindroth Annika Petersson Marie Stenberg Sirkka Vene Patrik Ellstr öm Bengt R önnberg Åke Lundkvist Source Type: research