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Chapter 12b: TBE in Slovakia

Continuation of Table 2: TBE reporting and vaccine prevention in Slovakia

In most TBE cases (85.9%) there was a recovery observed. In 6 cases,
permanent consequences (palsy, neurological complications) were recorded.
Three cases resulted in death (0.3% mortality). In 2 cases, an infectious cause
Special clinical was involved; in 1 case death was from another cause. In 13.2% of cases the
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features impact of the disease was not specified.

In a study, we have diagnosed post-encephalitic syndrome in 27.2% of
patients who most often reported headache, tremor of upper limbs, fatigue,
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and lack of concentration.
Available vaccines FSME-IMMUN; FSME-IMMUN junior

According to the law, employees of the virology laboratories in Slovakia that
work with TBEV must be vaccinated 6 (§ 8, section 5)

Vaccination is recommended in persons who are professionally exposed to
increased risk of selected diseases such TBE. Physicians usually vaccinate
subjects who are forestry and water management (including students of
Vaccination forestry schools) employees, agricultural workers, surveyors, geologists, tourist
recommendations path guides, employees of the mountain hunts and lifts, employees of
and recreation facilities, members of police forces and customs officers,
reimbursement
professional soldiers and reserve soldiers called for extraordinary service, and
employees performing work associated with the operation and maintenance
of the tracks. 6 (§ 10, section 2)

Recently, 1 insurance company started to partially reimburse for TBE
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vaccination, paying, for example, half the price for each dose (2015).

TBE immunization data on the Slovak population are not available, but
according to numbers of sold vaccine doses and child immunization control,
Vaccine uptake by the estimated vaccination coverage in Slovakia is 1% (1.3/100 000) 10
age group/risk
group/general None of the TBE patients seen in the country during the period 2007–2016 has
population had all 3 vaccine doses. Most cases were not vaccinated (98.8%). In 9 (0.9%)
cases, a vaccination record was not found or was not available. Partial
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vaccination was recorded in 3 cases.

NRC for arboviruses and haemorrhagic fevers
Public Health Authority of Slovakia
Name, address/
Trnavská cesta 52
website of TBE
826 45 Bratislava
NRC
Slovakia
elena.ticha@uvzsr.sk

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