Tick-borne encephalitis virus: what it is and how to identify it
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Tick-borne encephalitis virus: what it is and how to identify it

Erin Dean Health journalist

Cases of this potentially fatal new infection have been found in the UK and while it is usually asymptomatic, patients can have serious meningitis-like reactions

Bites from ticks, small spider-like creatures that feed on blood, can spread a number of diseases.

Nursing Standard. 38, 7, 69-70. doi: 10.7748/ns.38.7.69.s23

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