Kunze Ursula
Institute of Social Medicine, Austria.
Ticks Tick Borne Dis. 2016 Apr;7(3):399-404. doi: 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2015.12.018. Epub 2015 Dec 29.
Tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) has been a growing public health problem in Europe and other parts of the world for the past 20 years. In 1999, in order to encourage the control of TBE, international experts created a new body: The International Scientific Working Group on Tick-Borne Encephalitis (ISW-TBE). This Working Group has been composed of internationally recognized scientific experts from tick-borne encephalitis virus (TBEv)-endemic and non-endemic regions with extensive personal expertise in the field and a high level of commitment to improve the knowledge of TBE and to increase the public awareness of TBE. Since the foundation of the Working Group, ISW-TBE members meet annually. Every meeting is dedicated to a specific topic, and since 2004 a yearly conference report has been published to inform the scientific community about the latest developments. Among the specific issues that have been extensively discussed over the years were the following: clinical aspects of the disease, TBE in children and golden agers, epidemiology, possible causes for the increase in TBE incidence in Europe, TBE and awareness, TBE and travel, (low) vaccination rates, and the cooperation with the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC). This paper gives an overview of the most important activities and achievements of the ISW-TBE over the past 17 years.
在过去20年里，蜱传脑炎（TBE）在欧洲及世界其他地区一直是日益严重的公共卫生问题。1999年，为鼓励对蜱传脑炎的防控，国际专家成立了一个新机构：蜱传脑炎国际科学工作组（ISW-TBE）。该工作组由来自蜱传脑炎病毒（TBEv）流行地区和非流行地区的国际知名科学专家组成，他们在该领域拥有广泛的个人专业知识，并高度致力于增进对蜱传脑炎的了解以及提高公众对蜱传脑炎的认识。自工作组成立以来，ISW-TBE成员每年都会会面。每次会议都专注于一个特定主题，自2004年起每年发布一份会议报告，向科学界通报最新进展。多年来广泛讨论的具体问题包括以下方面：该疾病的临床方面、儿童和老年人的蜱传脑炎、流行病学、欧洲蜱传脑炎发病率上升的可能原因、蜱传脑炎与认知、蜱传脑炎与旅行、（低）疫苗接种率以及与欧洲疾病预防控制中心（ECDC）的合作。本文概述了ISW-TBE在过去17年里最重要的活动和成就。
