Tick-borne encephalitis in the Tyrol (Austria): Changes in incidence and endemicity 2000-2006

International Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 298, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2008, Pages 88-93

  Walder, Gernot ^a   Falkensammer, Barbara ^a   Heinz, Franz X ^b   Holzmann, Heidemarie ^b   Dierich, Manfred P ^a   Würzner, Reinhard ^a  

^a INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Elderly; Endemicity; Incidence; Risk factors; TBE; Tyrol

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; CLIMATE; DISEASE COURSE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEVER; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INTENSIVE CARE; LIFESTYLE; SEROCONVERSION; TICK BORNE ENCEPHALITIS; VACCINATION;

EID: 48349089242     PISSN: 14384221     EISSN: 16180607     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmm.2008.05.002     Document Type: Article

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