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Klíšťová encefalitida – choroba s variabilní závažností

Title in English Tick-borne encephalitis – a disease with variable outcome
Authors

PÝCHOVÁ Martina HUSA Petr FAŠANEKOVÁ Lenka PAŘÍZKOVÁ Radana FREIBERGEROVÁ Michaela SLEZÁK Martin

Year of publication 2017
Type Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source Interní medicína pro praxi
MU Faculty or unit

Faculty of Medicine

Citation
Field Epidemiology, infectious diseases and clinical immunology
Keywords tick-borne encephalitis; complications; consequences; prevention
Description A tick is one of the most important vectors of infectious diseases worldwide. Tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) is one of them. The Czech Republic belongs among countries with the highest occurrence of the disease. Clinical presentation and relevance are variable – from asymptomatic or abortive forms to classical neurological manifestation such as meningitis, encephalitis, meningoencephalomyelitis even death. Complications are more often seen in elderly people and consequences of the disease (post-encephalitic syndrome, palsies) can be permanent. Specific treatment still does not exist and vaccination is the only effective protection against TBE.

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