9th Edition of THE TBE BOOK

Your one-stop source on tick-borne encephalitis With the 9th edition of our TBE Book, we are, once again, bringing together what has become the key reference on tick-borne encephalitis across EurAsia. Over the years, this volume has grown into a unique synthesis of TBE virology, tick ecology, pathogenesis, immunology, and the full clinical spectrum of disease in children, adults, and animals, together with chapters on public health, prevention, and vaccines. What makes the book particularly valuable for travel clinics, travelers, and researchers is our country-by-country case compilation, updated annually, with case numbers from the preceding year. This year’s edition confirms a familiar but uncomfortable picture: surveillance remains incomplete in all parts of EurAsia, and vaccine uptake is still low in most endemic settings. A striking new insight comes from the growing use of NS1‑based serology, which detects antibodies induced by natural infection but not from vaccination. These data suggest that infection rates in...