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
Book Appointment
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*