Climate warming and tick-borne encephalitis, Slovakia

Climate warming and tick-borne encephalitis, Slovakia

Increased tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) cases have been reported in central Europe. To investigate temporal trends in the altitude at which TBE cases occur in Slovakia, we analyzed the number of TBE cases during 1961-2004. Since 1980, TBE cases moved from lowlands to submountainous areas, most likel...

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Veröffentlicht in:Emerging infectious diseases 2010-03, Vol.16 (3), p.524-526
Hauptverfasser: Lukan, Martin, Bullova, Eva, Petko, Branislav
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Altitude
Animals
Arachnid Vectors - physiology
central Europe
Climate
climate warming
Dispatch
Encephalitis, Tick-Borne - epidemiology
Encephalitis, Tick-Borne - transmission
Global warming
Greenhouse Effect
Health aspects
Humans
Incidence
Ixodes - physiology
Prevention
Risk factors
Slovakia
Slovakia - epidemiology
Tick-borne encephalitis
vector-borne infections
viruses
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Zusammenfassung:Increased tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) cases have been reported in central Europe. To investigate temporal trends in the altitude at which TBE cases occur in Slovakia, we analyzed the number of TBE cases during 1961-2004. Since 1980, TBE cases moved from lowlands to submountainous areas, most likely because of rising temperature.
ISSN:1080-6040
1080-6059
DOI:10.3201/eid1603.081364