71
Views
56
CrossRef citations to date
0
Altmetric
Original Article

Epidemiology of Tick-borne Encephalitis in Sweden 1956–1989: A Study of 1116 Cases

&
Pages 287-295 | Published online: 08 Jul 2009

References

  • Tick-borne encephalitis and haemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome in Europe. Report on a WHO meeting. EURO Reports and Studies 1986; 104: 1–51
  • von Zeipel G, Svedmyr A, Holmgren B, Lindahl J. Tick-borne meningoencephalomyelitis in Sweden. Lancet 1958; 1: 104
  • Svedmyr A, von Zeipel G, Holmgren B, Lindahl J. Tick-borne meningoencephalomyelitis in Sweden. Arch Virusforsch 1958; 8: 565–576
  • Holmgren B, Lindahl J, von Zeipel G, Svedmyr A. Tick-borne meningoencephalomyelitis in Sweden. Acta Med Scand 1959; 154: 507–522
  • Jaensson T. Fastingburna infektioners ekologi i Fennoskandien—en översikt. Läkartidningen 26- 1988; 27: 2329–2331, -. (In Swedish.)
  • Brummer-Korvenkontio M, Oker-Blom N, Pettersson R, Saikku P, Svedmyr A, Wahlberg P. Kumlingesjukan—fästingencefaliten pá Åland och i Sydvästfinland. Nord Med 1984; 99: 282–284, (In Swedish.)
  • Traavik T. Serological investigations indicating the existence of tick-borne encephalitis virus foci along the Norwegian coast. Acta Pathol Microbiol Scand 1973; 81: 138–142
  • Smorcdintsev AA. Tick-borne spring-summer encephalitis. Prog Med Virol 1958; 1: 210–247
  • Gresikova M, Sekeyova M, Stupalova S, Necas S. Sheep milk-borne epidemic of tick-borne encephalitis in Slovakia. Intervirology 1975; 5: 57–61
  • von Zeipel G. Isolation of virus of the Russian Spring-Summer Encephalitis-Louping ill group from Swedish ticks and from human case of meningoencephalitis. Arch Virusforsch 1959; 9: 460–469
  • von Zeipel G, Svedmyr A, Zetterberg B. The geographical distribution in Sweden of virus belonging to the Russian Spring-Summer-Louping ill group. I. Serological survey of antibodies in cow sera. Arch Virusforsch 1959; 9: 449–459
  • Svedmyr A, von Zeipel G, Borg K, Hansen H-J. Infections with tick-borne encephalitis virus in the Swedish population of the elk. Acta Pathol Microbiol Scand 1965; 65: 613–620
  • Brinck P, Svedmyr A, von Zeipel G. Migrating birds at Ottenby Sweden as carriers of ticks as possible transmitters of tick-borne encephalitis virus. Oikos 1965; 16: 88–99
  • Brinck P, Johnels A, Lundholm B, Svedmyr A, von Zeipel G, Zetterberg B. Small mammals in Sweden as hosts of tick-borne encephalitis virus and vagrant ectoparasites. Oikos 1967; 18: 124–134
  • Holmgren B. Meningoencephalomyeliter orsakade av enterovirus och arthropodburna virus. Nord Med 1961; 66: 1705, (In Swedish.)
  • Svedmyr A. Tick-borne encephalitis in Sweden. XIII Symposium, European association against poliomyelitis and other virus diseases, Helsinki 1971. Proc Epidemiology of poliomyelitis, arbovirus, present problems in clinical virology. 1971; 144–147
  • Sköldenberg B. On the role of viruses in acute infectious diseases of the central nervous system. Scand J Infect Dis, Suppl 1972; 3: 39–41
  • Åbom PE. Fästingburen encefalit—en kort översikt. Läkartidningen 1981; 78: 2704–2706, (In Swedish.)
  • Wahlberg P, Saikku P, Brummer-Korvenkontio M. Tick-borne viral encephalitis in Finland. The clinical features of Kumlinge disease during 1959–1987. J Intern Med 1989; 225: 173–177
  • Kunz C, Hofmann H, Heinz F. Immunogenicity and reactogenicity of highly purified vaccine against tick-borne encephalitis. J Med Virol 1980; 6: 103–109
  • Kunz C. FSME in Österreich, Schutzrate der Impfung. “Virusepidemiologische Information” nr. 24/88. Biochemie, Gesellschaft m.b.H, Diagnostica, Brunnerstr. 1988; 59, 1235 Wien
  • Möse J. Frühsommer-Meningo-Enzephalitis und andere Arbovirosen. Bundesgesundhbl. 1982; 25: 243–249
  • Borcic B, Majerus-Misic L, Raos B, et al. An investigation of the reactogenicity and immunogenicity of the FSME-immune vaccine against tick-borne meningoencephalitis. Lijec Vjesn 1984; 106: 425–428
  • Lindemayr H, Drobil M, Ebner H. Impfreaktionen nach Tetanus-und Frühsommermeningoenzephalitis-Schutzimpfungen durch Merthiolat (Thiomersal). Hautarzt 1984; 35: 192–196
  • Kunz C, Hofmann H, Dippe H. Die Frühdiagnose der Frühsommer-Meningoencephalitis (FSME) im Hämagglutinationshemmungstest durch Behandlung des Serums mit 2-Mercaptoäthanol. Zentralbl Bakteriol Mikrobiol Hyg [A] 1971; 218: 273–279
  • Heinz F, Roggendorf M, Hofmann H, Kunz C, Deinhardt F. Comparison of two different enzyme immunoassays for detection of immunoglobulin M antibodies against tick-borne encephalitis virus in serum and cerebrospinal fluid. J Clin Microbiol 1981; 14: 141–145
  • Gustafson R, Svenungsson B, Gardulf A, Stiernstedt G, Forsgren M. Prevalence of tick-borne encephalitis and Lyme borreliosis in a defined Swedish population. Scand J Infect Dis 1990; 22: 297–306

Reprints and Corporate Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

To request a reprint or corporate permissions for this article, please click on the relevant link below:

Academic Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

Obtain permissions instantly via Rightslink by clicking on the button below:

If you are unable to obtain permissions via Rightslink, please complete and submit this Permissions form. For more information, please visit our Permissions help page.