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* Three subtypes, Far Eastern (TBEV-FE), Siberian (TBEV-Sib), and European (TBEV-Eu)
 
* Three subtypes, Far Eastern (TBEV-FE), Siberian (TBEV-Sib), and European (TBEV-Eu)
 
* Greatest number of cases reported in Czech Republic, Lithuania, Latvia, Germany, and Slovenia
 
* Greatest number of cases reported in Czech Republic, Lithuania, Latvia, Germany, and Slovenia
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* Transmitted by [[Vector::Ixodes species]] ticks
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* Transmitted by [[Vector::Ixodes]] ticks
 
** Also has transovarial and transstadial transmission, and may be transmitted between ticks feeding on the same host
 
** Also has transovarial and transstadial transmission, and may be transmitted between ticks feeding on the same host
 
** Mostly in sheltered microhabitats with high humidity, moderate temperatures, up to 2100 m elevation
 
** Mostly in sheltered microhabitats with high humidity, moderate temperatures, up to 2100 m elevation
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|Far Eastern (TBEV-FE)
 
|Far Eastern (TBEV-FE)
 
|eastern Russia, Korea, China, parts of Japan, and parts of the Baltic
 
|eastern Russia, Korea, China, parts of Japan, and parts of the Baltic
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|[[Vector::Ixodes persulcatus]], [[Vector::Ixodes ovatus]] (Japan), [[Vector::Haemaphysalis species]] (Korea)
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|[[Vector::Ixodes persulcatus]], [[Vector::Ixodes ovatus]] (Japan), [[Vector::Haemaphysalis]] (Korea)
 
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|Siberian (TBEV-Sib)
 
|Siberian (TBEV-Sib)
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* Illness begins with non-specific [[Causes::influenza-like illness]], with [[Causes::fever]], [[Causes::malaise]], [[Causes::headache]], [[Causes::nausea]], [[Causes::vomiting]], and [[Causes::myalgias]]
 
* Illness begins with non-specific [[Causes::influenza-like illness]], with [[Causes::fever]], [[Causes::malaise]], [[Causes::headache]], [[Causes::nausea]], [[Causes::vomiting]], and [[Causes::myalgias]]
 
* Initial symptoms resolve within a week, and for most people, nothing further happens
 
* Initial symptoms resolve within a week, and for most people, nothing further happens
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* In severe disease, however, symptoms return withing 2 to 8 days (range 1 to 20 days), with high fever, headache, and vomiting
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* In severe disease, however, symptoms return within 2 to 8 days (range 1 to 20 days), with high fever, headache, and vomiting
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** Spectrum of disease from aseptic meningitis to meningoencephalitis to poliomyelitis-like flaccid paralysis or polyradiculoneuritis Guillain-Barré-like paralysis
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** Spectrum of disease from [[aseptic meningitis]] to [[meningoencephalitis]] to poliomyelitis-like flaccid paralysis or polyradiculoneuritis [[Guillain-Barré syndrome|Guillain-Barré]]-like paralysis
 
** Symptoms are most severe in the elderly and mostly mild in children
 
** Symptoms are most severe in the elderly and mostly mild in children
 
* Most severe form is with TBEV-FE, where mortality is about 20% among hospitalized patients and 60% of survivors having neurologic sequelae
 
* Most severe form is with TBEV-FE, where mortality is about 20% among hospitalized patients and 60% of survivors having neurologic sequelae

Latest revision as of 11:12, 15 September 2023

Background

  • Single-stranded, positive-sense RNA virus in the Flaviviridae family, genus Flavivirus
  • Three subtypes, Far Eastern (TBEV-FE), Siberian (TBEV-Sib), and European (TBEV-Eu)
  • Greatest number of cases reported in Czech Republic, Lithuania, Latvia, Germany, and Slovenia
  • Transmitted by Ixodes ticks
    • Also has transovarial and transstadial transmission, and may be transmitted between ticks feeding on the same host
    • Mostly in sheltered microhabitats with high humidity, moderate temperatures, up to 2100 m elevation
  • Reservoirs include numerous birds and mammal hosts; humans are incidental in the transmission cycle
Subtype Distribution Vector
Far Eastern (TBEV-FE) eastern Russia, Korea, China, parts of Japan, and parts of the Baltic Ixodes persulcatus, Ixodes ovatus (Japan), Haemaphysalis (Korea)
Siberian (TBEV-Sib) Russia Ixodes persulcatus
European (TBEV-Eu) Scandinavia, Europe, and eastern states of the former Soviet Union Ixodes ricinus

Clinical Manifestations

  • Incubation period of 8 days (range 4 to 28 days)
  • Illness begins with non-specific influenza-like illness, with fever, malaise, headache, nausea, vomiting, and myalgias
  • Initial symptoms resolve within a week, and for most people, nothing further happens
  • In severe disease, however, symptoms return within 2 to 8 days (range 1 to 20 days), with high fever, headache, and vomiting
  • Most severe form is with TBEV-FE, where mortality is about 20% among hospitalized patients and 60% of survivors having neurologic sequelae
  • Mortality is 6 to 8% for TBEV-Sib and 1-2% for TBEV-Eu