A fatal tick bite occurring during the course of tick-borne encephalitis vaccination

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 363-365

  Brauchli, Yolanda B ^a   Gittermann, Matthias ^b   Michot, Marc ^b   Krähenbühl, Stephan ^a   Gnehm, Hanspeter E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b CANTONAL HOSPITAL AARAU   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Antibody dependent enhancement of infection; Meningoencephalitis; TBE vaccination; Tick borne encephalitis virus

Indexed keywords

TICK BORNE ENCEPHALITIS VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN EDEMA; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEATH; DROWSINESS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FATALITY; FEMALE; FEVER; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEADACHE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; PHOTOPHOBIA; PLEOCYTOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGIDITY; SEIZURE; TICK; TICK BITE; TICK BORNE ENCEPHALITIS; VACCINATION;

EID: 41649086979     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0b013e318162a18e     Document Type: Article

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