| Document ID (ISN) | 74475 |
| CIS number |
00-249 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
0170-2327 - Ergo-Med |
| Year |
1999 |
| Convention or series no. |
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| Author(s) |
Rieger M.A., Nübling M., Hofmann F. |
| Title |
Spring-summer meningoencephalitis - A problem for occupational medicine |
| Original title |
Die Frühsommermeningoenzephalitis als arbeitsmedizinisches Problem [in German] |
| Bibliographic information |
Mar.-Apr. 1999, Vol.23, No.2, p.72-85. Illus. 124 ref. |
| Abstract |
Literature survey on the present knowledge of the pathogenesis, occurrence, diagnosis and prevention of tick-borne viral meningoencephalitis shows that: the virus causing the disease is borne by two types of the Ixodes tick which are widespread in Europe and Asia. The enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) is most commonly used by doctors to diagnose the disease. However, the assay is not specific to the antibodies produced by the virus. Yellow fever and dengue fever viruses, which are related to the virus causing the tick-borne meningoencephalitis, may also produce positive ELISA results. In doubtful cases, the more specific Western blot test is used. It is not known at present how many persons bitten by virus-infected ticks are affected. For people working in agriculture, the risk of contracting the disease was found to be moderately higher and for forestry workers significantly higher than the general population. Workers at risk should be vaccinated. Tick-borne meningoencephalitis should be classified as an occupational disease. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
occupational diseases; agriculture and forestry; epidemic encephalitis; zoonoses |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
literature survey; infectious diseases; pathogenesis; diagnosis; vaccination; virus diseases |
| Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
| Country / State or Province | Germany |
| Subject(s) |
Occupational pathology
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| Broad subject area(s) |
Biological hazards
|
| Browse category(ies) |
Zoonoses
Bacterial and parasitic diseases
Viral diseases (other than aids)
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