A confirmed case of tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) was recently reported in England. TBE is a disease that can lead to inflammation in the brain and is caused by a virus transmitted by the bite of a tick.
These blood-feeding arthropods can harbour and transmit various infectious diseases. Many associate tick bites with Lyme disease, however, in much of Europe (northern, central, and eastern regions and beyond through to parts of Asia), TBE virus can be transmitted by the same ticks.
