Spatiotemporal spread of tick-borne encephalitis in the EU/EEA, 2012 to 2020
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F75010330%3A_____%2F23%3A00014472" target="_blank" >RIV/75010330:_____/23:00014472 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="https://www.eurosurveillance.org/content/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2023.28.11.2200543" target="_blank" >https://www.eurosurveillance.org/content/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2023.28.11.2200543</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2023.28.11.2200543" target="_blank" >10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2023.28.11.2200543</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Spatiotemporal spread of tick-borne encephalitis in the EU/EEA, 2012 to 2020
Original language description
Background: Tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) is a vaccine- preventable disease involving the central nervous system. TBE became a notifiable disease on the EU/EEA level in 2012. Aim: We aimed to provide an updated epidemiological assessment of TBE in the EU/ EEA, focusing on spatiotemporal changes. Methods: We performed a descriptive analysis of case characteristics, time and location using data of human TBE cases reported by EU/EEA countries to the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control with disease onset in 2012-2020. We analysed data at EU/EEA, national, and subnational levels and calculated notification rates using Eurostat population data. Regression models were used for temporal analysis. Results: From 2012 to 2020, 19 countries reported 29,974 TBE cases, of which 24,629 (98.6%) were autochthonous. Czechia, Germany and Lithuania reported 52.9% of all cases. The highest notification rates were recorded in Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia (16.2, 9.5 and 7.5 cases/100,000 population, respectively). Fifty regions from 10 countries, had a notification rate = 5/100,000. There was an increasing trend in number of cases during the study period with an estimated 0.053 additional TBE cases every week. In 2020, 11.5% more TBE cases were reported than predicted based on data from 2016 to 2019. A geographical spread of cases was observed, particularly in regions situated north-west of known endemic regions. Conclusion: A close monitoring of ongoing changes to the TBE epidemiological situation in Europe can support the timely adaption of vaccination recommendations. Further analyses to identify populations and geographical areas where vaccination programmes can be of benefit are needed.
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
30303 - Infectious Diseases
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
V - Vyzkumna aktivita podporovana z jinych verejnych zdroju
Others
Publication year
2023
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Euro Surveillance
ISSN
1025-496X
e-ISSN
1560-7917
Volume of the periodical
28
Issue of the periodical within the volume
11
Country of publishing house
SE - SWEDEN
Number of pages
12
Pages from-to
2200543
UT code for WoS article
001181585100003
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85150316935