Tick-borne Encephalitis Associated with Consumption of Raw Goat Milk, Slovenia, 2012

• Published in: Emerging infectious diseases Vol. 19; no. 5; pp. 806 - 808
• Main Authors: Hudopisk, Neda, Korva, Miša, Janet, Evgen, Simetinger, Marjana, Grgič-Vitek, Marta, Gubenšek, Jakob, Natek, Vladimir, Kraigher, Alenka, Strle, Franc, Avšič-Županc, Tatjana
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States U.S. National Center for Infectious Diseases 01.05.2013; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Subjects: Adult; Animals; Antibodies, Viral - blood; Consumption data; Dairy products; Development and progression; Disease transmission; Dispatch; Encephalitis Viruses, Tick-Borne - isolation & purification; Encephalitis, Tick-Borne - epidemiology; Encephalitis, Tick-Borne - immunology; Encephalitis, Tick-Borne - prevention & control; Encephalitis, Tick-Borne - transmission; Female; goat milk; goat milk, raw goat milk, Slovenia; Goats - virology; Health aspects; Humans; Livestock; Male; Middle Aged; Milk - virology; raw goat milk; Slovenia - epidemiology; TBEV, tick-borne encephalitis virus; TBEV, tickborne encephalitis virus; Tick-borne encephalitis; Vaccination; Viral Vaccines - administration & dosage; viruses; Slovenia; TBEV, tick-borne encephalitis virus; goat milk, raw goat milk, Slovenia; viruses
• ISSN: 1080-6040; 1080-6059; 1080-6059
• DOI: 10.3201/eid1905.121442

Tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) developed in 3 persons in Slovenia who drank raw milk; a fourth person, who had been vaccinated against TBE, remained healthy. TBE virus RNA was detected in serum and milk of the source goat. Persons in TBE-endemic areas should be encouraged to drink only boiled/pasteurized milk and to be vaccinated.