Deaths from Tick-Borne Encephalitis, Sweden

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...

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Main Authors: Renata Varnaitė, Sara Gredmark-Russ, Jonas Klingström
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2022-07-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
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Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/28/7/22-0010_article