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ArticleEmerging infectious diseases2013

Vaccination and tick-borne encephalitis, central Europe.

Franz X Heinz, Karin Stiasny, Heidemarie Holzmann, Marta Grgic-Vitek, Bohumir Kriz, Astrid Essl, Michael Kundi

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Article in Emerging infectious diseases, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 82 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

82 citing papers in PubMed, 210 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Franz X HeinzDepartment of Virology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria. franz.x.heinz@meduniwien.ac.at
Karin Stiasny
Heidemarie Holzmann
Marta Grgic-Vitek
Bohumir Kriz
Astrid Essl
Michael Kundi
Medical University of Vienna · AT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) is a substantial public health problem in many parts of Europe and Asia. To assess the effect of increasing TBE vaccination coverage in Austria, we compared incidence rates over 40 years for highly TBE-endemic countries of central Europe (Czech Republic, Slovenia, and Austria). For all 3 countries we found extensive annual and longer range fluctuations and shifts in distribution of patient ages, suggesting major variations in the complex interplay of factors influencing risk for exposure to TBE virus. The most distinctive effect was found for Austria, where mass vaccination decreased incidence to ≈16% of that of the prevaccination era. Incidence rates remained high for the nonvaccinated population. The vaccine was effective for persons in all age groups. During 2000-2011 in Austria, ≈4,000 cases of TBE were prevented by vaccination.

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Mass VaccinationAdolescentAge FactorsAustriaChildChild, PreschoolCzech RepublicEncephalitis, Tick-BorneEncephalitis Viruses, Tick-BorneFemaleHumansIncidenceInfantInfant, NewbornMaleMiddle AgedViral Vaccines

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PMID23259984
PMCPMC3557984
OpenAlexW1983516658

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