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Chapter 12b: TBE in Poland
Latest raw data can be found at https://id-ea.org/tbe/tbe12b25/#data1
1975: Establishment of National Arbovirus Laboratory, National Institute of Public Health – National Institute of Hygiene (NIPH-NIH) and production of
Diagnostics based on ELISA method in hospital and Sanitary Service laboratories with confirmation in Reference Laboratory NIH; 1993-2003
1970: Start of registration of TBE in Poland; 1970-1984 recommended vaccination with Russian anti-TBEV Siberian type (not reimbursed)
hemagglutination inhibition (HI) antigen for surveillance service to the end of 1984
recommended vaccination against TBEV-EU (not reimbursed)
Figure 1: Burden of TBE in Poland 2,13,16,18
results for TBEV Lack of reference laboratory because of expiry of the mandate and law regulation – from that time there is no necessity to confirm positive serological From 1970 to 1985 confirmation based on HI test; since 1993, IgM ELISA for confirmation (and local synthesis of TBEV-specific IgG in CSF)
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