Tick-borne encephalitis classification

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Ilan Dock, B.S.

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Classification

• TBE virus has three subtypes:

1. European subtype (Tick vector: Ixodes ricinus)
2. Far Eastern subtype (Tick vector: Ixodes persulcatus)
3. Siberian subtype (Tick vector: unknown)

• Subtypes may be useful in predicting the severity of infection.