Zusammenfassung
Die 8. Konferenz der International Scientific Working Group on Tick-borne Encephalitis (ISW TBE) behandelte das Thema "FSME – ein europäisches Gesundheitsproblem". Die Inzidenz der FSME-Erkrankungen ist in nahezu allen betroffenen europäischen Ländern in den letzten Jahren gestiegen (mit Ausnahme Österreichs). Zusätzlich wird die FSME zu einer internationalen Herausforderung für die öffentliche Gesundheit, da die Mobilität der Menschen stark zugenommen hat und entsprechende Risikogebiete häufige Reiseziele sind. Die FSME-Impfung sollte allen Reisenden empfohlen werden, die endemische Regionen bzw. die Natur aufsuchen, egal wie lange der Aufenthalt dauert. Da derzeit keinerlei Reiseempfehlungen existieren, ist es eine der wichtigsten, zukünftigen Aufgaben der ISW TBE, das Problembewusstsein außerhalb endemischer Gebiete zu erhöhen und allgemeine Empfehlungen zu formulieren, die zumindest für Europa gültig sind.
Summary
The annual 2006 meeting of the International Scientific Working Group on Tick-borne Encephalitis (ISW TBE) raised the topic "Tick-borne Encephalitis – a European Health Challenge". TBE incidence has more or less increased in all European countries with a TBE risk in the last years (excepting Austria). Additionally, TBE has become an international public health problem because of increasing mobility of people travelling to risk areas. TBE vaccination should be recommended when people travel to endemic regions and come into contact with nature, regardless of the duration of the stay. As no clear recommendations for travellers exist, it will be one of the major future challenges of the ISW TBE to increase problem awareness outside endemic regions and create general recommendations, which are valid for at least all European countries.
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Maria Avdicova, Ulf Baumhackl, Vaclav Chmelik, Gerhard Dobler, Hans-Peter Gnehm, Goran Günther, Martin Haditsch, Mats Haglund, Franz Heinz, Volker Hingst, Krista Jaago, Gundula Jäger, Guntis Karelis, Olaf Kahl, Peter Kimmig, Christian Kunz, Michael Kunze, Victor Luyasu, Egon Marth, Marta Melles, Rainer Oehme, Jarmo Oksi, Rosemarie Ölander, Sarah Randolph, Pamela Rendi-Wagner, Maurizio Ruszio, Sigurdur Skarpheddison, Pavel Steffanof, Jochen Süss, Werner Zenz, Kai Zilmer
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Kunze, U., ISW-TBE. Tick-borne Encephalitis – a European Health Challenge Conference report of the 8th meeting of the International Scientific Working Group on Tick-borne Encephalitis (ISW TBE). Wien Med Wochenschr 156, 376–378 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10354-006-0318-1
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