The focal point of tick-borne encephalitis is also in the district district

BANSKÁ BYSTRICA. The acquisition of new knowledge and exchange of information on the epidemiological situation regarding tick-borne encephalitis as well as on the disease and prevention itself was the goal of the 20th Annual Meeting of the International Scientific Working Group on Fragmentation Encephalitis. Slovakia was represented at this international forum in Vienna by MUDr. Jana Kerlik of the Department of Epidemiology of the Regional Public Health Authority of Banska Bystrica (RÚVZ), which presents the epidemiological situation in Slovakia for the rest of the years, including the weekly

ISW-TBE invited members representing individual Europeans and non-European countries. ISW-TBE includes about 900 experts from 30 European countries, of which around 100 are attending the Vienna session. The main objectives of the ISW – TBE are to promote national and international cooperation, to stimulate and coordinate applied and basic research on encephalitis and to assist training and development programs. field education

Unpasteurized products are a problem

a slightly upward trend in tick-borne encephalitis. Slovakia has a notorious predominance in Europe, and perhaps even in the world, of the number of food epidemics caused by this consumption, the number of which also tends to increase

. The reason is the popularity of traditional products of unpasteurized sheep's milk in Slovakia. There is also a risk of eating raw goat's milk or its products to have positive effects on health. However, the inoculation against KE is still low in Slovakia, ranging from 1 to 5%, "MUDr Kerlik

The risks are two-thirds of Slovakia

Almost two-thirds of Slovakia represent Areas at risk of disease In the long term, the greatest morbidity is related to the Váh basin region, mainly to the districts of Púchov and Považská Bystrica

The spread of endemic areas of tick-borne encephalitis is increasing mainly north of the countryside and in the mountainous areas, probably due to climate change Žilina district and Bardejov district are considered as a new focal point

In central Slovakia, there are mainly localities in districts of Banská Bystrica, Zvolen, Detva where there has been an increase not only of cases but also of epidemics.In the east of the country, endemic foci extend from Prešov, Vranov nad Topľou, Humenné to Snina. "In 2016, in Košice-okolie, we observed the biggest epidemic in at least 20 years, a second food epidemic in eastern Slovakia since the largest outbreak of Rožňavská in # 39; year. 1951 in Slovakia, "said MUDr Kerlik, as new epidemics appear, other endemic epidemics, such as, for example, Rožňava District

In recent decades, 39 Increasing the incidence of KE is observed in most European countries.The most at risk regions are the neighboring Czech Republic, Austria, the Baltic countries or Slovenia.These countries also have the the largest number of community cases in Europe, the only exception being Austria, where the long-term national vaccination campaign achieved a vaccination rate of almost 90%, resulting in a 90% decrease in the number of cases