Institute of Animal Hygiene & Veterinary Public Health, Centre of Veterinary Public Health, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany.
Parasit Vectors. 2011 Apr 13;4:59. doi: 10.1186/1756-3305-4-59.
The last review on Tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) in dogs was published almost ten years ago. Since then, this zoonotic tick-borne arbovirus has been geographically spreading and emerging in many regions in Eurasia and continues to do so. Dogs become readily infected with TBE virus but they are accidental hosts not capable to further spread the virus. They seroconvert upon infection but they seem to be much more resistant to the clinical disease than humans. Apart from their use as sentinels in endemic areas, however, an increasing number of case reports appeared during the last decade thus mirroring the rising public health concerns. Owing to the increased mobility of people travelling to endemic areas with their companion dogs, this consequently leads to problems in recognizing and diagnosing this severe infection in a yet non-endemic area, simply because the veterinarians are not considering TBE. This situation warrants an update on the epidemiology, clinical presentation and possible preventions of TBE in the dog.
上一次关于犬感染蜱传脑炎（TBE）的综述发表于近十年前。自那时以来，这种人畜共患的蜱传虫媒病毒在欧亚大陆的许多地区不断蔓延和出现，并仍在继续蔓延。狗很容易感染 TBE 病毒，但它们只是偶然的宿主，无法进一步传播病毒。它们在感染后会产生血清学转化，但与人类相比，它们对临床疾病的抵抗力似乎要强得多。然而，除了在流行地区作为监测哨外，在过去十年中，越来越多的病例报告出现，这反映出公众对健康问题的日益关注。由于前往流行地区的人与他们的伴侣犬的流动性增加，这导致在尚未流行的地区识别和诊断这种严重感染的问题，仅仅是因为兽医没有考虑到 TBE。这种情况需要更新犬感染 TBE 的流行病学、临床表现和可能的预防措施。
