Travel-Related Tick-Borne Encephalitis, Israel, 2006–2014

Abstract

During 2006–2014, four tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) cases occurred among Israeli travelers. We calculated TBE incidence at 321.0, 45.0, 13.2, and 7.5 cases/100,000 travelers/year of travel to Sweden, Switzerland, Austria, and Germany, respectively. TBE incidence among travelers to these destinations appears to justify TBE vaccination in accordance with World Health Organization recommendations.

Tick-borne encephalitis cases recorded in Ukraine over 1990–2018

“…4 In Europe, the calculated incidence of travel-related TBE cases was shown to vary greatly from being 7.5 (Germany) and 13.2 (Austria) to as high as 45.0 (Switzerland) and 321.0 (Sweden) cases per 100 000 travel-years. 7 It was also estimated that the attack rate for the exposed at-risk population in endemic areas of Western and Central Europe was 0.5–1.3 per 100 000. 8…”