TICK-BORNE ENCEPHALITIS IN CHILDHOOD – CONSENSUS 2004

  • Ursula Kunze Institute of Social Medicine Medical University Vienna Vienna Austria
  • Loreta Asokliene Center for Communicable Diseases Prevention and Control Vilnius Lithuania
  • Tagir Bektimirov Russia State Research Institute of Standardization and Control of Medical Biological Preparations Moscow Russia
  • Andreas Busse Tegernsee Germany
  • Vaclav Chmelik Hospital of Cseske Budejovice Department for Infectious Diseases Cseske Budejovice Czech Republic
  • Franz X.Heinz Institute of Virology Medical University Vienna Vienna Austria
  • Volker Hingst Bayrisches Landesamt für Gesundheit und Lebensmittelsicherheit Erlangen Germany
  • Ferenc Kadar Association of Pediatric GPS Budapest Hungary
  • Reinhard Kaiser Department of Neurology Municipal Hospital Pforzheim Germany
  • Peter Kimmig Landesgesundheitsamt Baden Württemberg Stuttgart Germany
  • Alenka Kraigher Center Institute of Public Health Ljubljana Slovenia
  • Thomas Krech Institut für medizinische Labordiagnostik Kreuzlingen Switzerland
  • Lars Linguist Clinic of Infectious Diseases Huddige University Hospital Stockholm Sweden
  • Irina Lucenko Department of Epidemiology Surveillance of Infectious Diseases State Agency »Public Health Agency« Vilnius Lithuania
  • Vibeke Rosenfeldt Borneafdelingen Hvidore Hospital Hvidore Denmark
  • Maurizio Ruscio San Daniele Hospital Friuli Italy
  • Birger Sandell Government of the Aland Island Marienhamn Finland
  • Hans Salzer Department of Pediatrics Donauklinikum Tulln Tulln Austria
  • Franc Strle University Medical Center Ljubljana Slovenia
  • Jochen Suss Bundesforschungsanstalt für Viruskrankheiten der Tiere Jena Germany
  • Kai Zilmer West Tallinn Central Hospital Tallinn Estonia
  • Ingomar Mutz Department of Pediatrics General Hospital Leoben Leoben Austria
Keywords: tick-borne encephalitis, childhood, prevention, vaccination, consensus

Abstract

Tick-borne Encephalitis (TBE) is a communicable disease caused by a flavi-virus, ticks being the main vectors. The nervous system is affected, four clinical features of different severity are observed: meningitis, meningoencephalitis, meningoencephalomyelitis, meningoradiculoneuritis. TBE is a preventable disease, which is rapidly becoming a growing public health problem in Europe. So far no causal treatment is possible but an efficient, safe vaccination is available.

During the 6th meeting of the International Scientific Working Group on TBE with the main conference issue »Tick-borne encephalitis in childhood“ an international consensus was achieved. In countries where TBE is endemic – and not prevented by immunization – both children and adults are affected. The disease in children is generally milder, although severe illness may occur and even lead to permanent impairment of the quality of life due to neuropsychological sequelae.

Therefore immunization should be offered to all children living in or traveling to endemic areas.

Downloads

Download data is not yet available.

References

Grubbauer HM, Dornbusch HJ, Spork D, Zobel G, Trop M, Zenz W. Tickborne encephalitis in a 3-month-old child. Eur J Pediatr 1992; 151: 743-4.

Conference presentation: Prof. Kaiser.

Pavlova BG, Loew-Baselli A, Fritsch S, Poellabauer EM, Vartian N, Rinke I, Ehrlich HJ. Tolerability of modified tick-borne encephalitis vaccine FSMEIMMUN »NEW« in children: results of post-markting surveillance. Vaccine 2003; 21: 742-5.

Zent O, Banzhoff A, Hilbert AK, Meriste S, Sluzewski W, Wittermann CH. Safety, immunogenicity and tolerability of a new pediatric tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) vaccine, free of protein-derived stabilizer. Vaccine 2003; 21: 3584-92.

Conference presentation: Prof. Heinz; Kunz C. TBE vaccination and the Austrian experience. Vaccine 2003; 21: S1/50-S1/55.

Kaiser R. Epidemiology and progress of early summer meningoencephalitis in Baden-Württemberg between 1994 and 1999. A prospective study of 731 patients. Dtsch Med Wochenschr 2000; 125: 1147-53.

Cizman M, Rakar R, Zakotnik B, Pokorn M, Arnez M. Severe forms of tickborne encephalitis in children. Wien Klin Wochenschr 1999; 111: 484-7.

How to Cite
1.
Kunze U, Asokliene L, Bektimirov T, Busse A, Chmelik V, X.Heinz F, Hingst V, Kadar F, Kaiser R, Kimmig P, Kraigher A, Krech T, Linguist L, Lucenko I, Rosenfeldt V, Ruscio M, Sandell B, Salzer H, Strle F, Suss J, Zilmer K, Mutz I. TICK-BORNE ENCEPHALITIS IN CHILDHOOD – CONSENSUS 2004. TEST ZdravVestn [Internet]. 1 [cited 5Aug.2024];73(7-8). Available from: http://vestnik-dev.szd.si/index.php/ZdravVest/article/view/2348
Issue
Vol 73 No 7-8 (2004): July-August
Section
Quality and safety


The Author transfers to the Publisher (Zdravniški vestnik/Slovenian Medical Journal) all economic copyrights following form Article 22 of the Slovene Copyright and Related Rights Act (ZASP), including the right of reproduction, the right of distribution, the rental right, the right of public performance, the right of public transmission, the right of public communication by means of phonograms and videograms, the right of public presentation, the right of broadcasting, the right of rebroadcasting, the right of secondary broadcasting, the right of communication to the public, the right of transformation, the right of audiovisual adaptation and all other rights of the author according to ZASP.

The aforementioned rights are transferred non-exclusively, for an unlimited number of editions, for the term of the statutory

The Author can make use of his work himself or transfer subjective rights to others only after 3 months from date of first publishing in the journal Zdravniški vestnik/Slovenian Medical Journal.

The Publisher (Zdravniški vestnik/Slovenian Medical Journal) has the right to transfer the rights, acquired parties without explicit consent of the Author.

The Author consents that the Article be published under the Creative Commons BY-NC 4.0 (attribution-non-commercial) or comparable licence.