Contrary to what is observed throughout Europe, Polish epidemiological data collected by the NIPH NIH-NRI indicate a decreasing trend for TBEV infections.
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Tick-borne encephalitis epidemiology and surveillance in Poland, and comparison with selected European countries before and during the COVID-19 pandemic, 2008 to 2020.
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There was an increasing trend in hospitalisations, while surveillance data demonstrated the opposite, with the largest discrepancy observed in the first pandemic year (354 hospitalisations vs 159 cases reported to surveillance).