Author:
Jääskeläinen Anu,Åhman Heidi
Abstract
Finland is at the northernmost edge of the TBE endemic area in Europe. Here TBE is focally endemic. An aseptic encephalitis disease has been known in Kumlinge Island in Åland Islands since the 1940s. TBE is also known in Finland by name Kumlinge disease.
Publisher
Global Health Press Pte Ltd
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