Upsurge of tick-borne encephalitis in the Baltic States at the time of political transition, independent of changes in public health practices

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 75-80

  Šumilo, Dana ^a   Bormane, A ^b   Vasilenko, V ^c   Golovljova, I ^c   Asokliene, L ^d,e   Zygutiene M ^d   Randolph, S ^a  

^a NHS Coventry   (United Kingdom)

^b State Agency 'Public Health Agency'   (Latvia)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH DEVELOPMENT   (Estonia)

^d Centre for Communicable Diseases Prevention and Control   (Lithuania)

^e Ministry of Health of the Republic of Lithuania   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

Awareness; Diagnosis; Non artefact; Public health practices; Tick borne encephalitis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BALTIC STATES; BLOOD SAMPLING; DISEASE REGISTRY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INTERVIEW; PHYSICIAN; POLITICAL SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEROLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; TICK BORNE ENCEPHALITIS;

IXODIDA;

EID: 59349105885     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2008.02121.x     Document Type: Article

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