Question & Answers - 7. Question

Question:

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Dear Sir or Madam,
My wife and I are travelling overland through France, Germany and Austria and on to Romania where we will be staying near a town called Miklosvar, north of Brasov in mid September this year. We will be staying in old hunting lodges in the Carpathian mountains (Kalnoky Estate) and are likely to be walking,riding and visiting rural and forested areas in that locality. My question is :- do we need to consider innoculation against TBE. Also, are there any significant side effects associated with the vaccine.

Thank you for your assistance in this matter.

Regards,

R.

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Dear Mr. C.,
in Germany and Austria, there is definitive a TBE risk and the vaccination against TBE is important for your safety. There is a TBE risk in Romania, also, but from Romania we have no exact data about the geography of the risk areas and the level of the TBE risk, so TBE vaccination there is also recommended.
The TBE vaccines are safe. Severe side effects are very seldom (1:1.000.000 applications), between 5-10% of the vaccinees have some light side effects (1-2 days of local pain, headache, light fever etc.).

Best regards,
Jochen Süss

Prof. Dr. Jochen Süss
Federal Research Institute of Animal Health
Naumburger Strasse 96 a
07743 Jena

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