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The presence of tick-borne encephalitis in an endemic area for tick-borne diseases, Turkey

Berrin Esen MD   ^*   Aysegul Gozalan MD   ^*   Nilay Coplu MD   ^*   Fatih Sua Tapar MD      Ramazan Uzun    Turan Aslan MD   ^*   Mustafa Ertek MD   ^*   Turan Buzgan MD      Levent Akin MD   

^* Department of Communicable Diseases Research, Refik Saydam National Hygiene Center, Sihhiye, Ankara 06100; Tokat Provincial Health Directorate, Tokat; Ministry of Health, General Directorate of Primary Health Care, Sihhiye, Ankara 06100, Turkey; Department of Public Health, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Sihhiye, Ankara 06100, Turkey

Correspondence to: Aysegul Gozalan, Department of Communicable Diseases Research, Refik Saydam National Hygiene Center, Sihhiye, Ankara 06100, Turkey Email: agozalan{at}yahoo.com

The aim of this study was to indicate the presence of tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) in an endemic area for Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever (CCHF) in Turkey. Of 39 CCHF suspected cases, one was found to be TBE virus immunoglobulin M positive and seven were TBE virus immunoglobulin G positive. It is important to report this first appearance of the TBE virus in Turkey since 1967.

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