Tick-borne encephalitis is a viral infection spread primarily through tick bites. Most people have no symptoms, but some people develop flu-like symptoms or more severe disease. Tick-borne ...

Tick-borne viruses are becoming an increasingly common problem because of rising temperatures and changing climates that are creating ideal environments for the arachnids to thrive, and scientists ...

Researchers at Karolinska Institutet, together with international colleagues, have identified a protein on the surface of cells that is crucial to allowing the tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) virus to ...

Retrospective evaluation of medical history and 3635 anti-TBE (tick-borne encephalitis) serologies during the years 2003–2008 indicates that childhood TBE is characterized by vague symptoms. Clinical ...

Tick-borne encephalitis virus can infect the nervous system and cause life-threatening illness. Finding the cellular gateway it uses could transform prevention and treatment. Read the paper: LRP8 is a ...

RT-PCR detection of tick-borne encephalitis virus RNA in cerebrospinal fluid identified more severe disease and higher mortality, especially in immunosuppressed patients, supporting diagnostic use ...

Researchers at Karolinska Institutet, together with international colleagues, have identified a protein that is crucial for the TBE virus to infect human cells. The discovery, published in the journal ...

With tick-borne viruses such as Powassan virus increasing in Canada, clinicians should consider these infections in patients with encephalitis, as a case study shows ...

Tick-borne encephalitis virus (TBEV) is an orthoflavivirus that is largely transmitted to humans through the bite of infected ixodid ticks and invades the central nervous system causing ...

BRONX, N.Y., Sept. 24, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The protein on human cells that tick-borne encephalitis virus (TBEV) uses for infection has now been identified—a major step toward understanding how TBEV ...