Biosecurity

Number of people infected with tick-borne encephalitis rises

The number of people suffering from tick-borne encephalitis in Košice increased again on June 1. So far 27 infected patients have been hospitalised at the Infectology and Travel Medicine Department (KICM) of the Louis Pasteur University Hospital (UNLP) while another five are being monitored by doctors at outpatient departments.

“This number is not necessarily definitive, as the incubation period of the disease [between 7-14 days - ed. note] has not expired yet,” said Ladislava Šustová, the hospital’s spokesperson, as cited by the SITA newswire.

Some patients have been released from the hospital already while doctors have not recorded any complications in treatment so far.