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 K. Ariën, Marjan Van Esbroeck
Abstract
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.
Topics & Concepts
Tick-borne encephalitisEncephalitisViral encephalitisDifferential diagnosisTick-borne diseaseTickMedicineVirologyPediatricsImmunologyPathologyVirusVector-borne infectious diseasesMosquito-borne diseases and controlViral Infections and Vectors