Kunze Ursula
Institute for Social Medicine, Center for Public Health, Medical University of Vienna, Rooseveltplatz 3, 1090 Vienna, Austria.
Wien Med Wochenschr. 2007;157(9-10):228-32. doi: 10.1007/s10354-007-0424-8.
The 9th annual meeting of the International Scientific Working Group on Tick-Borne Encephalitis (ISW TBE) was entitled "Tick-borne encephalitis: from epidemiology to vaccination recommendations in 2007, new issues--best practices". Over the past three decades, TBE has become a growing public health challenge in Europe and other parts of the world. Between 1974 and 2003, the number of reported clinical TBE cases increased by an appalling 400 %, the only exception having been Austria. This increase is the result of a complex interplay of social, economic, political, ecological and climatic factors, the relative weight of which is not easily quantifiable. Important projects and issues for the future work of the ISW TBE have been identified, such as implementing a standardized TBE case definition, raising awareness of TBE among travellers, availability of rapid immunization schemes, increasing vaccination rates in endemic countries, and publishing information on TBE cases.
蜱传脑炎国际科学工作组（ISW TBE）第九届年会的主题是“蜱传脑炎：从流行病学到2007年的疫苗接种建议，新问题——最佳实践”。在过去三十年中，蜱传脑炎在欧洲和世界其他地区已成为一个日益严峻的公共卫生挑战。1974年至2003年间，报告的临床蜱传脑炎病例数量惊人地增加了400%，唯一的例外是奥地利。这种增加是社会、经济、政治、生态和气候因素复杂相互作用的结果，这些因素的相对权重不易量化。已经确定了ISW TBE未来工作的重要项目和问题，例如实施标准化的蜱传脑炎病例定义、提高旅行者对蜱传脑炎的认识、提供快速免疫方案、提高流行国家的疫苗接种率以及发布蜱传脑炎病例信息。
