The International Scientific Working Group on Tick-Borne Encephalitis (ISW TBE): Review of 17 years of activity and commitment

Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 399-404

  Kunze, Ursula ^a  

^a Institute of Preventive Medicine   (Austria)

Author keywords

Awareness; Epidemiology; International Scientific Working Group; Tick borne encephalitis; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

TICK BORNE ENCEPHALITIS VACCINE; VIRUS VACCINE;

AGE; AWARENESS; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; EUROPE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RISK; IXODES PERSULCATUS; IXODES RICINUS; MORBIDITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; TICK BORNE ENCEPHALITIS; TRAVEL; VACCINATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ACHIEVEMENT; ANIMAL; CHILD; ENCEPHALITIS, TICK-BORNE; IMMUNOLOGY; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TICK BORNE ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS; VIROLOGY;

ACHIEVEMENT; ANIMALS; CHILD; CONGRESSES AS TOPIC; ENCEPHALITIS VIRUSES, TICK-BORNE; ENCEPHALITIS, TICK-BORNE; ENDEMIC DISEASES; EUROPE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; TRAVEL; VACCINATION; VIRAL VACCINES;

EID: 84959514667     PISSN: 1877959X     EISSN: 18779603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2015.12.018     Document Type: Review

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