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Chapter 12b

TBE in Moldova

Wilhelm Erber and Tamara Vuković Janković

History and Current Situation Overview of TBE in Moldova

Although there are no reliable data on the Burden of TBE in Moldova over time:
number of tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) cases
or the percentage of infected ticks, based on No data available
the geography and the presence of TBE virus
(TBEV) in all neighboring countries, it must be Age and gender distribution of TBE in
assumed that TBEV is present anywhere in Moldova:
Moldova.
No data available
The Far Eastern subtype (TBEV-FE) was
detected in 3 different species of ticks
collected from domestic animals and TBEV-isolation and TBE cases in
agricultural lands in the Republic of Moldova Moldova:
between 2010 and 2011 (Ixodes ricinus,
1 No reported cases of TBE in the country
Dermacentor spp and Haemaphysalis spp).
The World Health Organization (WHO)
Centralized Information System for Infectious
Diseases (CISID) collects data on the incidence
of TBE, however, in 2005 and 2006 Moldova
officially reported zero TBE cases. 2

Table 1: Virus, vector, transmission of TBE in Moldova

1
Viral subtypes, distribution Far Eastern subtype (TBEV-FE)

Reservoir animals Information not available

3.8% I. ricinus ticks (3/78),
3.9% D. reticulatus ticks (3/77) and
Infected tick species (%)
8.8% Haemaphysalis punctate ticks (3/34)
1
were positive for TBEV RNA
Dairy product transmission Not documented

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