Publication at Second Faculty of Medicine, Third Faculty of Medicine |
2010
Abstract
Tick-borne encephalitis virus (TBEV) causes in the Czech Republic several hundreds reported human cases annually, despite the disease is preventable with vaccination. Especially in elderly the disease can be serious with long-lasting or permanent neurological impairment.
Ninety-nine patients with tick-borne encephalitis were treated and followed-up at the Department of Infectious Diseases, Bulovka Hospital, Prague. Fifteen (15.1%) of them had paretic complications, six patients have serious neurological sequelae lasting more than 12 months.
Twenty-three patients (26.7 %) of 86 long-term followed-up in our hospital suffered from postencephalitic syndrome.