Tick-borne encephalitis: A disease neglected by travel medicine

Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 295-300

  Haditsch, Martin ^a   Kunze, Ursula ^b  

^a Austria and Labor Hannover MVZ GmbH   (Germany)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Prevention; Recommendations; Tick borne encephalitis; Travel medicine; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

TICK BORNE ENCEPHALITIS VACCINE;

ACTIVE IMMUNIZATION; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EMPORIATRICS; ENDEMIC DISEASE; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LEISURE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TICK BITE; TICK BORNE ENCEPHALITIS; TRAVEL; VIRUS INFECTION;

PREVENTION; RECOMMENDATIONS; TICK-BORNE ENCEPHALITIS; TRAVEL MEDICINE; VACCINATION;

ANIMALS; ENCEPHALITIS VIRUSES, TICK-BORNE; ENCEPHALITIS, TICK-BORNE; EUROPE; HUMANS; IXODES; TRAVEL; TRAVEL MEDICINE; VIRAL VACCINES;

EID: 84885575818     PISSN: 14778939     EISSN: 18730442     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2013.07.003     Document Type: Article

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