Pediatria pre prax 4/2006

TICK-BORNE ENCEPHALITIS AND THE OTHERS PROBLEMS CAUSED BY TICKS

All over the world ticks represent major way of transmission viral and bacterial diseases. In the epidemiological records, Czech republic reports the second highest rate of the tick-born encephalitis within Europe, 500–700 cases each year. When the infection occurs in childhood, its clinical picture is mostly not serious. Vaccination prevents infections effectively. Lyme disease of children can show only as a palse n. facialis. Crucial is the correct indication of antibiotic treatment because the serologic findings are often unspecific and without clinical corelation. This article stresses also other rare tick–spread infections that can be potentially imported to the Czech republic.

Keywords: tick, tick-born encephalitis, Lyme disease, vaccination.