Autochthonous cases of tick-borne encephalitis, Belgium, 2020

Anke Stoefs; Leo Heyndrickx; Jonathan De Winter; Evelien Coeckelbergh; Barbara Willekens; Alicia Alonso-Jiménez; Anne-Marie Tuttino; Yvette Geerts; Kevin Ariën; Marjan Van Esbroeck

doi:10.3201/eid2708.211175

Autochthonous cases of tick-borne encephalitis, Belgium, 2020

Anke Stoefs
, Leo Heyndrickx
, Jonathan De Winter
, Evelien Coeckelbergh
, Barbara Willekens
, Alicia Alonso-Jiménez
, Anne-Marie Tuttino
, Yvette Geerts
, Kevin Ariën
, Marjan Van Esbroeck

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We report 3 confirmed autochthonous tick-borne encephalitis cases in Belgium diagnosed during summer 2020. Clinicians should include this viral infection in the differential diagnosis for patients with etiologically unexplained neurologic manifestations, even for persons without recent travel history.

Original language	English
Journal	Emerging Infectious Diseases
Volume	27
Issue number	8
Pages (from-to)	2179-2182
Number of pages	4
ISSN	1080-6040
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2708.211175
Publication status	Published - 2021

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