Cent Eur J Public Health 2018, 26(Supplement):S56-S60 | DOI: 10.21101/cejph.a5289

Serostatus and risk factors of tick-borne encephalitis

Andrea Bušová1, Erik Dorko1, Eva Feketeová2, Matúš Bereš3, Kvetoslava Rimárová1, Jana Diabelková1, Tímea Rovenská1, Róbert Čellár3, Tomáš Csank4
1 Department of Public Health and Hygiene, Faculty of Medicine, Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice, Košice, Slovak Republic
2 Department of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine, Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice and Louis Pasteur University Hospital, Košice, Slovak Republic
3 Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology of Locomotory Apparatus, Faculty of Medicine, Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice and Louis Pasteur University Hospital, Košice, Slovak Republic
4 Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Veterinary Medicine and Pharmacy, Košice, Slovak Republic

Objective: The aim of this seroepidemiological study was to determine the current prevalence of antibodies against tick-borne encephalitis virus (TBEV) in the representative group of Slovak population with included potential risk factors for TBEV.

Methods: Representative group consisted of 428 persons (also with possible exposure to risk factors for tick bite or raw milk consumption). Serum samples were screened by commercial enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). The persons involved in the study completed questionnaires with general demographic, epidemiological and clinical data. During the analysis, we used linear regression to interpret the influence between selected variables.

Results: We detected 1.2% prevalence of positive IgG and 1.6% prevalence of positive IgM antibodies in all tested groups. Our results also confirmed that the following risk factors such as tourism, hunting, fishing, and consumption of raw milk are significantly associated with the prevalence of specific antibodies against TBEV.

Conclusion: The results of seroprevalence obtained by this study confirm the possibility of infection with TBEV among respondents exposed to possible contact with ticks.

Keywords: tick-borne encephalitis, risk factor, seroprevalence

Received: December 19, 2017; Revised: August 28, 2018; Accepted: August 28, 2018; Published: December 31, 2018  Show citation

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Bušová A, Dorko E, Feketeová E, Bereš M, Rimárová K, Diabelková J, et al.. Serostatus and risk factors of tick-borne encephalitis. Cent Eur J Public Health. 2018;26(Supplement):S56-60. doi: 10.21101/cejph.a5289. PubMed PMID: 30817875.
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