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This discovery was made in 1947, when Rampas and Gallia observed a high incidence of disease identified as &#8220;Czechoslovakia encephalitis&#8221;, and TBEV was isolated from Ixodes ricinus.1 In 1951, for the first time ever, and again in Czechoslovakia, the alimentary transmission of TBEV from infected animals to humans was confirmed during a large outbreak in Ro\u017e\u0148ava. There were 271 hospitalized and serologically confirmed tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) patients. Bla\u0161kovi\u010d et al. found that most patients had drunk milk from the local dairy, which did not comply with basic sanitary requirements. The milk had not been pasteurized, but only stirred, equalized, and distributed. In addition, the goat milk that had been supplied to the dairy was also possibly infected.2 During the examination of the tick-borne encephalitis TBE focus in Ro\u017e\u0148ava, the goats were found with high anti-TBEV titers.3 In the last few years, we have observed an increasing trend of TBE cases in Slovakia, for which there are several potential contributing factors. First, tick populations thrive because of extreme temperatures, high humidity, and the presence of snow cover during the winter, which acts as insulation. Early springs, as well as summers that are not too hot or dry, may also be important positive factors for tick survival and reproduction success. Other factors are ecological, demographic, and socioeconomic conditions (for instance, changes in land usage such as increased forestation or newly created gardens, and the growing popularity of outdoor pursuits such as hiking and fishing).4 Slovakia is well known in Europe for TBE alimentary outbreaks. Over the last few years, there has been a growing trend in the number of food-borne TBE outbreaks. Slovaks like to consume products made from raw goat and sheep milk. Moreover, raw goat milk has been recently promoted as a product to improve health and immunity in humans. In one case, a patient under immunosuppressive therapy in Slovakia drank raw goat milk in order to improve his health status, and he died from TBE.5 According to Decree No 585\/2008 Coll. of the Ministry of Health of the Slovak Republic, which defines details on prevention and control of communicable diseases, TBE vaccination is compulsory for employees of virological laboratories working with TBE virus and TBE vaccination is recommended for occupationally exposed persons (forest workers, students of forestry schools, agriculture workers, etc.). Some insurance companies partially reimburse TBE vaccine in Slovakia.6,7 *Note: Readers may also wish to review the accompanying chapter for the Czech Republic, given the geographic proximity and national history of these countries. Overview of TBE in Slovakia Table 1: Virus, vector, transmission of TBE in Slovakia Viral subtypes, distribution European subtype1At present, there are around 50 known endemic TBE foci in Slovakia. A list of natural foci of TBE in Slovakia was developed by the Public Health Authority of Slovakia in 2002 directly on the basis of virus isolation data from ticks and reservoir animals in the years 1964\u20131997 from the Institute of Virology, Slovak Academy of Sciences in Bratislava as well as indirectly, by inference about the site of infection in patients with TBE as reported during 1972\u20132002.8 In recent years there has been a shift of natural TBE foci from the southern to the northern areas of the country.9 In the last few years, we have observed an increasing trend of TBE incidence.10 Reservoir animals Tribe\u010d region (Jarok pri Nitre, Jelenec, Topo\u013e\u010dianky), 1965: Out of 46 blood and brain samples taken from moles (Talpa&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;europaea), 7 positive isolations of TBEV were obtained. Therefore, moles can represent not only an important host animal, but may also be considered a reservoir of TBEV in elementary foci11 Tribe\u010d region, 1967: Isolation of virus from the blood of Apodemus flavicollis, Clethrionomys glareolus, and Erinaceus roumanicus12 Tribe\u010d region, 1967: 2 TBEV strains were isolated from Ixodes ricinus collected on 2 Turdus merula13 L\u00faky pod Makytou, 1981: 5 strains of TBEV isolated from ticks and organs of Apodemus flavicollis (in 15% infected)14 Western Slovakia (6 localities), 1981\u20131986: 6 TBEV strains isolated from organs of C. glareolus (4), Apodemus flavicollis (1), Sorex araneus (1)15 Z\u00e1horsk\u00e1 Ves, 1990\u20131992: 8 TBEV isolates from organs of C. glareolus (6), Apodemus flavicollis (1), Apodemus sylvaticus (1)16 Ko\u0161ick\u00e1 Bel\u00e1, 2013: TBEV from the brain sample of Buteo buteo17 Infected tick species (%) The number of infected ticks in endemic areas varies widely from 0.1% to 5% depending on the season and habitat18&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Tribe\u010d, 1964: On average, 0.2% of ticks were infected by TBEV in the entire Tribe\u010d region. When only elementary foci were taken into account, this proportion increased to 0.4% (Topo\u013e\u010dianky) and 0.8% (Jelenec)18 Z\u00e1horsk\u00e1 Bystrica, 1965: 1.7% of female ticks infected by TBEV19 Dev\u00edn, 1973: 0.1% of nymphs and 1.1% of female ticks infected by TBEV20 Slovakia, 1981: In Slovakia there are 2 types of TBEV natural foci \u2013 Carpathian and Pannonian. In Carpathian natural TBEV foci, there were 2.6% of ticks infected by TBEV. In the Pannonian natural TBEV foci, there were 0.1% of ticks infected by TBEV21 Kur\u00ednec, 1982: 0.8% of nymphs and 6% of male ticks (I. ricinus) in south-central Slovakia22 Carpathian and Pannonian types of TBE natural foci, 1972\u20131982: The proportion of infected ticks in both types of natural foci was 1.7% in total. In Carpathian elementary foci (ranging from 0.4% to 4.1%; average of 2.5% of ticks were infected). In Pannonian elementary foci (ranging from 0.07% to 6.0%; average of 0.9% of ticks were infected)23 Western and Central Slovakia, 1980\u20131984: Western Slovakia, April\u2013July 1980 (0.7%), May 1984 (0.1%), Central Slovakia April\u2013 May 1982 (0.2%)24 Western Slovakia, 1985\u20131990: In Slovakia surveillance of TBEV in ticks, carried out during 1985\u20131990 by the Virology Institute of the Slovak Academy of Sciences in Bratislava, showed that the TBEV distribution rates among ticks ranged from 0.30% (Jarok, Bardo\u0148ovo in 1987) to 0.38% (Malacky in 1990) in the 25"}