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Case Reports
. 2025 Sep;31(9):1868-1870.
doi: 10.3201/eid3109.250093.

Pediatric Case Report and Overview of Autochthonous Tick-Borne Encephalitis, Belgium

Justine De Langhe, Jo Sourbron, Robbe Van Herreweghe, Marjan van Esbroeck, Koen Vercauteren, Tessa de Block, Jasmine Coppens, Daan Jansen, Dorien Van den Bossche, Veerle Staelens, Sarah De Schryver, Jos Van Acker
Case Reports

Pediatric Case Report and Overview of Autochthonous Tick-Borne Encephalitis, Belgium

Justine De Langhe et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2025 Sep.

Abstract

Prevalence of tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) is increasing in much of Europe. In May 2024, an autochthonous pediatric case of TBE was diagnosed in a 6-year-old girl in Belgium. Clinicians should recognize the symptoms and signs of TBE infections and consider this disease in patients with unexplained neurologic symptoms, regardless of travel history.

Keywords: Belgium; meningitis/encephalitis; tick-borne encephalitis; tick-borne encephalitis virus; ticks; vector-borne infections; viruses.

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