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Tick-borne encephalitis history and symptoms

Introduction

Overview

Overview

Tick-borne encephalitis infections will often present themselves with biphasic clinical manifestations. Following an incubation period of 7 to 14 days, a patient will experience early onset, non-specific flu like symptoms. A patient will then experience a remission period of lessened symptoms or will appear to be completely asymptomatic.[1] A second phase will occur in which patients will experience an infection of the central nervous system resulting in a number of neurological, clinical manifestations.

History and Symptoms

History and Symptoms

  • Symptoms associated with tick-borne encephalitis will appear after an average incubation period of 7 to 14 days.
  • The infection usually occurs as a biphasic disease, with early onset symptoms, a period lessened symptoms or asymptomatic(remission), and finally a second phase within 20-30% of patients.[1]

Early Onset

Remission Period

  • Lessened non-specific flu like symptoms
  • Completely asymptomatic

Second Phase

Natural progression of biphasic, tick-borne encephalitis.
  • Although the above list relates to potential symptoms associated with a full course infection, many infected individuals will remain asymptomatic without any signs of symptoms.
  • In addition to the the aforementioned list, symptoms may vary in severity, based on the subtype responsible for infection as well as mode of transmission.
References

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Signs and Symptoms Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. http://www.cdc.gov/vhf/tbe/symptoms/index.html Accessed February 9, 2016
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Tick-borne Encephalitis Virus: A General Overview. http://cdn.intechopen.com/pdfs-wm/20866.pdf. Accessed February 4, 2016.

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