Doctor: Severe Form of Tick-Borne Encephalitis Diagnosed in Unvaccinated Patients This Year

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Although the overall incidence of tick-borne encephalitis in Lithuania is lower this year than last year, Gintarė Šostakaitė, anesthesiologist-resuscitator at Santara Clinics, says she is noticing more severe forms of this disease.

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"Compared to last year, the Intensive Care Unit is filled with tick-borne encephalitis patients (ELTA) this year. (...) The Infectious Diseases Unit is also seeing a trend towards severe forms this year - significantly more patients are being admitted to the hospital with more severe and moderate forms in general. And the incidence of severe forms in our Intensive Care Unit is higher this year compared to last year," G. Šostakaitė told LRT Radio…