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Cognitive Impairment

 

Tick-borne encephalitis can lead to long-term cognitive damage in the paediatric population

 

TBE in Children

  • TBE can affect children of any age.
  • Despite less dramatic symptoms in children, a substantial proportion of children are left with long-term cognitive impairment after TBE infection.
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Children can benefit from protection against the potentially serious long-term consequences of TBE
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), authorities in countries with high endemicity should recommend TBE vaccination to children at 1-3 years of age

 

TBE can lead to long-term cognitive damage in paediatric populations

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Immunisation is the only proven and reliable way to help protect children against TBE infection*
*As is the case for all vaccines in general it is possible that not all vaccinated individuals will develop protective immunity against TBE.

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  • Hombach J, Barrett ADT, Kollaritsch H. Tickborne Encephalitis Vaccines. In: Plotkin SA, Orenstein WA, Offit PA, Edwards KM, eds. Vaccines, 7th edn. Elsevier, 2018, Pages 1080-1094.

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