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. 2024 Jan 11;29(2):2300221. doi: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2024.29.2.2300221

Table 3. Calculated manifestation indices of tick-borne encephalitis, per region, Sweden, 2004–2019.

Region Notified TBE case incidencea TBEV infection incidenceb TBE MI (%)
Gotland 4.0 50.0 8.0
Gävleborg 1.1 50.0 2.2
Kronoberg 1.2 50.0 2.3
Skåne 0.8 66.7 1.3
Stockholm 6.6 350.0 1.9
Uppsala 13.1 150.0 8.7
Värmland 2.4 150.0 1.6
Västerbotten 0.2 50.0 0.4
Västra Götaland 2.4 150.0 1.6
Mean 3.5 118.5 3.1

MI: manifestation index; NS1: non-structural protein 1; TBE: tick-borne encephalitis; TBEV: tick-borne encephalitis virus; WV: whole virus.

a Annual notifications per 100,000 inhabitants 2004–2018. Data source: Public Health Agency of Sweden (https://www.folkhalsomyndigheten.se/the-public-health-agency-of-sweden/).

b Infected (WV positive and NS1 positive) per 100,000 inhabitants and year; estimated duration of TBEV NS1 IgG: 20 years.