The changing epidemiology of tick-borne encephalitis: epidemic surveillance and disease prevention challenges
The increasing number of cases of tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) reported in recent years in Europe and, more recently, in Poland is a consequence of factors related to climate and environmental change leading to increasing tick populations and human behavior favoring exposure. In Poland, there is co...
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| author | Ernest Kuchar Ewa Augustynowicz Robert Flisiak Teresa Jackowska Agnieszka Mastalerz-Migas Aneta Nitsch-Osuch Katarzyna Pancer Leszek Szenborn Jacek Wysocki Joanna Zajkowska |
| author_facet | Ernest Kuchar Ewa Augustynowicz Robert Flisiak Teresa Jackowska Agnieszka Mastalerz-Migas Aneta Nitsch-Osuch Katarzyna Pancer Leszek Szenborn Jacek Wysocki Joanna Zajkowska |
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| description | The increasing number of cases of tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) reported in recent years in Europe and, more recently, in Poland is a consequence of factors related to climate and environmental change leading to increasing tick populations and human behavior favoring exposure. In Poland, there is considerable regional variation in the incidence of TBE, resulting, among other factors, from underreporting of all cases and limited access to laboratory diagnostics. The consequence is low public awareness of the disease and insufficient use of vaccination as optimal prevention. The current system of surveillance for TBE in Poland needs to be improved: the introduction of standardised standards of clinical practice and wider access to laboratory. Med Pr Work Health Saf. 2024;75(6):569–582 |
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| spelling | doaj-art-73d38c6e4e0545d9b857ae9ca23b94fb2025-08-20T02:40:22ZengNofer Institute of Occupational MedicineMedycyna Pracy0465-58932353-13392024-12-0175656958210.13075/mp.5893.01575195182The changing epidemiology of tick-borne encephalitis: epidemic surveillance and disease prevention challengesErnest Kuchar0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7883-2427Ewa Augustynowicz1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1713-7471Robert Flisiak2Teresa Jackowska3Agnieszka Mastalerz-Migas4Aneta Nitsch-Osuch5Katarzyna Pancer6Leszek Szenborn7Jacek Wysocki8Joanna Zajkowska9Warszawski Uniwersytet Medyczny / Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland (Klinika Pediatrii z Oddziałem Obserwacyjnym / Department of Pediatrics with Clinical Assessment Unit)Narodowy Instytut Zdrowia Publicznego – Państwowy Zakład Higieny / National Institute of Public Health – National Institute of Hygiene, Warsaw, PolandUniwersytet Medyczny w Białymstoku / Medical University of Bialystok, Białystok, PolandCentrum Medycznego Kształcenia Podyplomowego / Centre for Postgraduate Medical Education, Warsaw, PolandUniwersytet Medyczny im. Piastów Śląskich we Wrocławiu / Wroclaw Medical University, Wrocław, PolandWarszawski Uniwersytet Medyczny / Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland (Klinika Pediatrii z Oddziałem Obserwacyjnym / Department of Pediatrics with Clinical Assessment Unit)Narodowy Instytut Zdrowia Publicznego – Państwowy Zakład Higieny / National Institute of Public Health – National Institute of Hygiene, Warsaw, PolandUniwersytet Medyczny im. Piastów Śląskich we Wrocławiu / Wroclaw Medical University, Wrocław, PolandUniwersytet Medyczny im. Karola Marcinkowskiego w Poznaniu / Medical University of Poznan, Poznań, PolandUniwersytet Medyczny w Białymstoku / Medical University of Bialystok, Białystok, PolandThe increasing number of cases of tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) reported in recent years in Europe and, more recently, in Poland is a consequence of factors related to climate and environmental change leading to increasing tick populations and human behavior favoring exposure. In Poland, there is considerable regional variation in the incidence of TBE, resulting, among other factors, from underreporting of all cases and limited access to laboratory diagnostics. The consequence is low public awareness of the disease and insufficient use of vaccination as optimal prevention. The current system of surveillance for TBE in Poland needs to be improved: the introduction of standardised standards of clinical practice and wider access to laboratory. Med Pr Work Health Saf. 2024;75(6):569–582https://medpr.imp.lodz.pl/Zmieniajaca-sie-epidemiologia-kleszczowego-zapalenia-mozgu-wyzwania-zwiazane-z-nadzorem,195182,0,2.htmlneuroinfectionlaboratory diagnosticsenvironmental threatsvector-borne diseasesre-emerging infectious diseases |
| spellingShingle | Ernest Kuchar Ewa Augustynowicz Robert Flisiak Teresa Jackowska Agnieszka Mastalerz-Migas Aneta Nitsch-Osuch Katarzyna Pancer Leszek Szenborn Jacek Wysocki Joanna Zajkowska The changing epidemiology of tick-borne encephalitis: epidemic surveillance and disease prevention challenges Medycyna Pracy neuroinfection laboratory diagnostics environmental threats vector-borne diseases re-emerging infectious diseases |
| title | The changing epidemiology of tick-borne encephalitis: epidemic surveillance and disease prevention challenges |
| title_full | The changing epidemiology of tick-borne encephalitis: epidemic surveillance and disease prevention challenges |
| title_fullStr | The changing epidemiology of tick-borne encephalitis: epidemic surveillance and disease prevention challenges |
| title_full_unstemmed | The changing epidemiology of tick-borne encephalitis: epidemic surveillance and disease prevention challenges |
| title_short | The changing epidemiology of tick-borne encephalitis: epidemic surveillance and disease prevention challenges |
| title_sort | changing epidemiology of tick borne encephalitis epidemic surveillance and disease prevention challenges |
| topic | neuroinfection laboratory diagnostics environmental threats vector-borne diseases re-emerging infectious diseases |
| url | https://medpr.imp.lodz.pl/Zmieniajaca-sie-epidemiologia-kleszczowego-zapalenia-mozgu-wyzwania-zwiazane-z-nadzorem,195182,0,2.html |
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