Pediatric case report and overview of autochthonous tick-borne encephalitis, Belgium

Justine De Langhe; Jo Sourbron; Robbe Van Herreweghe; Marjan van Esbroeck; Koen Vercauteren; Tessa de Block; Jasmine Coppens; Daan Jansen; Dorien Van den Bossche; Veerle Staelens; Sarah De Schryver; Jos Van Acker

doi:10.3201/eid3109.250093

Pediatric case report and overview of autochthonous tick-borne encephalitis, Belgium

Justine De Langhe
, Jo Sourbron
, Robbe Van Herreweghe
, Marjan van Esbroeck
, Koen Vercauteren
, Tessa de Block
, Jasmine Coppens
, Daan Jansen
, Dorien Van den Bossche
, Veerle Staelens
, Sarah De Schryver
, Jos Van Acker

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Abstract

Prevalence of tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) is increasing in much of Europe. In May 2024, an autochthonous pediatric case of TBE was diagnosed in a 6-year-old girl in Belgium. Clinicians should recognize the symptoms and signs of TBE infections and consider this disease in patients with unexplained neurologic symptoms, regardless of travel history.

Original language	English
Journal	Emerging Infectious Diseases
Volume	31
Issue number	9
Pages (from-to)	1868-1870
Number of pages	3
ISSN	1080-6040
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3201/eid3109.250093
Publication status	Published - Sept-2025

Keywords

Humans
Encephalitis, Tick-Borne/diagnosis
Belgium/epidemiology
Child
Female
Encephalitis Viruses, Tick-Borne/genetics

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De Langhe, J., Sourbron, J., Van Herreweghe, R., van Esbroeck, M., Vercauteren, K., de Block, T., Coppens, J., Jansen, D., Van den Bossche, D., Staelens, V., De Schryver, S., & Van Acker, J. (2025). Pediatric case report and overview of autochthonous tick-borne encephalitis, Belgium. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 31(9), 1868-1870. https://doi.org/10.3201/eid3109.250093

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