Is there a need for a travel vaccination against tick-borne encephalitis?

Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 380-383

  Kunze, Ursula ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Endemic area; Nature; Tick borne encephalitis; Traveler; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

TICK BORNE ENCEPHALITIS VACCINE;

ACTIVE IMMUNIZATION; ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; DEATH; ENDEMIC DISEASE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECREATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; TICK BITE; TICK BORNE ENCEPHALITIS; TOURISM; TRAVEL; VACCINATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ENCEPHALITIS, TICK-BORNE; EUROPE; HUMANS; RECREATION; RISK FACTORS; TRAVEL; VACCINATION; VIRAL VACCINES;

EID: 54849440741     PISSN: 14778939     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2008.06.004     Document Type: Article

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