Deaths from Tick-Borne Encephalitis,Sweden |
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| Authors: | Renata Varnaitė ,Sara Gredmark-Russ,Jonas Klingströ m |
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| Affiliation: | Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden (R. Varnaitė, S. Gredmark-Russ, J. Klingström);Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm (S. Gredmark-Russ);Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden (S. Gredmark-Russ) |
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We assessed standardized mortality ratio in tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) in Sweden, 2004–2017. Standardized mortality ratio for TBE was 3.96 (95% CI 2.55–5.90); no cases in patients <40 years of age were fatal. These results underscore the need for further vaccination efforts in populations at risk for TBE. |
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| Keywords: | tick-borne encephalitis TBE ticks case-fatality rate standardized mortality ratio vector-borne infections viruses Sweden |
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