Sheep milk-borne epidemic of tick-borne encephalitis in Slovakia.

Intervirology ·Vol. 5 ·No. 1-2 ·1975-00-00 ·Pages 57-61

Gresíková M, Sekeyová M, Stúpalová S, Necas S

Abstract

A study of an outbreak of tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) in a natural focus of this infection at ZAvada village (Slovakia) led to the conclusion that apparently the epidemic was caused by consumption of fresh sheep cheese and infection of persons occurred by the alimentary route. To our knowledge, this is the first record of this source of infection in man.

MeSH Terms

Adult Animals Antibodies, Viral/analysis Cheese Child Czechoslovakia Disease Outbreaks/epidemiology Encephalitis Viruses, Tick-Borne/immunology Encephalitis, Tick-Borne/epidemiology,transmission Food Microbiology Hemagglutination Inhibition Tests Humans Milk/microbiology Occupations Sheep

Chemicals

Antibodies, Viral

Authors & Affiliations

4 authors, click to expand affiliations / ORCID

Gresíková M

Sekeyová M

Stúpalová S

Necas S

Article Info

Journal

Intervirology

Abbr.

Intervirology

ISSN

0300-5526

DOI

10.1159/000149880

Published

1975-00-00

Pages

57-61

Language

English

Region

Switzerland

NLM ID

0364265

Subset

External Links

PubMed source DOI: 10.1159/000149880 View journal details

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