Travel Clinic
Tick-borne Encephalitis
Tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) is a viral infection usually transmitted through the bite of an infected tick. The disease occurs in parts of central, northern and Eastern Europe, Siberia and parts of Asia.
Symptoms
Typically, the disease occurs in two stages: a mild flu-like illness and a potentially serious infection of the central nervous system (brain and spinal cord). TBE is rarely fatal in Europe: however in Asia it can be fatal in up to 20 percent of cases. Long-term neurological complications are common.
Prevention
Travellers should:
- Avoid known heavily tick-infested areas of forest and woodland during the spring, summer and autumn where possible
- Practise bite avoidance methods: for example wear appropriate clothing and use effective insect repellents
- Check the body for ticks regularly. The larval forms of Ixodes ticks are tiny and difficult to see
- Remove ticks as soon as possible by using a pair of fine tipped tweezers or tick remover
- Avoid consumption of unpasteurised dairy products in areas of risk (a potential route of transmission
Product Information
Product
Ages
Doses
Per Dose
Course
Product
Tick-borne Encephalitis
Ages
2 - 15
Doses
2 to 3 (paed)
Per Dose
£60
Course
Please ask in store
Product
Tick-borne Encephalitis
Ages
16 - 85
Doses
2 to 3
Per Dose
£60
Course
Please ask in store
Cholera Vaccine
Ages
Doses
Schedule
Booster required at
Time before travel
Ages
2 - 15
Doses
2 to 3 (paed)
Schedule
0, 1-3 months or 0, 14 days**
Booster required at
5 - 12 months
Time before travel
Last dose 2 weeks before*
Ages
16 - 85
Doses
2 to 3
Schedule
0, 1-3 months or 0, 14 days**
Booster required at
5 - 12 months
Time before travel
Last dose 2 weeks before*