FAMILY OUTBREAK OF ALIMENTARY TICK-BORNE ENCEPHALITIS IN SLOVAKIA ASSOCIATED WITH A NATURAL FOCUS OF INFECTION

Authors
KOHL I KOZUCH O ELECKOVA E LABUDA M ZALUDKO J
Citation
I. Kohl et al., FAMILY OUTBREAK OF ALIMENTARY TICK-BORNE ENCEPHALITIS IN SLOVAKIA ASSOCIATED WITH A NATURAL FOCUS OF INFECTION, European journal of epidemiology, 12(4), 1996, pp. 373-375
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Public, Environmental & Occupation Heath
Journal title
European journal of epidemiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
03932990
Volume
12
Issue
4
Year of publication
1996
Pages
373 - 375
Database
ISI
SICI code
0393-2990(1996)12:4<373:FOOATE>2.0.ZU;2-Q
Abstract
A family outbreak of tick-borne encephalitis involving 7 people, all o f them hospitalized, was observed in the district of Povazska Bystrica (central Slovakia). The disease was associated with the drinking of u nboiled goat milk and tick-borne encephalitis virus was recovered from Ixodes ricinus ticks collected from places where goats were grazing.