epidemiology/index.html | TBE Tick-borne encephalitis

For quite some time TBE (tick-borne encephalitis) was regarded as a rather local problem in some countries. Now it is becoming obvious TBE is an infection disease of increasing importance and reaches epidemic proportions in many parts of Europe and Asia.

TBE-cases in Europe

Austria/ Croatia/ Czech Republic/ Estonia/ Finland/ Germany/ Hungary/ Latvia/ Lithuania/ Poland/ Russia/ Slovak Republic/ Slovenia/ Sweden/ Switzerland

Number of reported cases of TBE from various European countries and Russia

Country	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002
Albania	8
Austria	89	128	84	102	178	109	128	99	62	41	60	54	60
Belarus			2	20	50	66	97	67	78	26	23	61	18
Croatia	23	60	27	76	87	59	57	25	24	26	18	27	30
Czech R.	193	356	338	629	613	744	571	415	422	490	719	411	647
Denmark									1	4	3	1	1
Estonia	37	68	163	166	177	175	177	404	387	185	272	215	90
Finland	9		14	25	16	23	10	19	17	12	41	33	38
France	2	1	2	5	4	6	1	1	2	5	0	0	2
Germany		44	142	118	306	226	114	211	148	115	133	253	226
Hungary	222	44	142	118	306	226	114	211	148	115	133	253	226
Italy			2	2	8	6	8	8	11	5	15	19	6
Latvia	122	227	287	791	1366	1341	716	874	1029	350	544	303	153
Lithuania	9	14	17	198	284	426	309	645	548	171	419	298	168
Poland	8	4	8	249	181	267	257	201	209	101	170	205	126
Slovak Rep.	14	24	16	51	60	89	101	76	54	57	92	76	62
Slovenia	235	245	210	194	492	260	406	274	136	150	190	260	262
Sweden	54	75	83	51	116	68	44	76	64	53	133	128	105
Switzerland	26	37	66	44	97	60	62	123	68	112	91	108	59
Ukraine													12

Country	1976	1977	1978	1979	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989
Albania								10	7	3	9	12	8	25
Austria	346	318	351	677	438	294	612	242	336	300	258	215	201	131
Croatia	84	34	69									63	201	131
Czech Rep.	374	309	175	598	246	139	348	172	320	350	333	178	191	166
Estonia	64	40	26	35	47	43	16	47	69	37	65
Finland					2	3	4	4	11	5	5	6	7	10
France										1	1		2	3
Germany			8	11	32	30	97	29	50	26
Hungary			287	281	245	295	351	207	406	226	372	208	218	295
Italy				1	1		3	1			1	1
Latvia	322	347	318	220	184	103	166	133	179	152	184	246	119	117
Poland	40	54	36	35	25	17	9	20	25	14	10	24	15	6
Russia							1365	2912
Slovak republic	22	15	34	49	20	25	48	34	78	36	21	24	29	18
Slovenia								111	209	274	226	107	114	65
Sweden	27	29	25	23	30	22	22	17	41	52	70	65	43	38
Switzerland	39	20	31	41	13	15	57	10	32	15	27	34	34	43