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. 2013 Feb 1;9(5):1163–1171. doi: 10.4161/hv.23802

Table 1. Annual number of cases of TBE in the decade 2001–2010, TBE notification and vaccination program by country.

     Country      Number of cases per year      Notification5,11,41,44      Vaccination program
     2001      2002      2003      2004      2005      2006      2007      2008      2009      2010
     Albania      0*      0*      0*      0*      n.a.      n.a.      0*      n.a.      n.a.      23*      n.a.      n.a.
     Austria      23*      36*      44*      54^      59*      51*      45^      86^      79^      58*      Mandatory      Yes ×
     Belarus      61*      18*      53*      44*      n.a.      108*      82*      n.a.      88*      86*      n.a.      n.a.
     Bosnia and Herzegovina      n.a.      1*      0*      0*      0*      0*      n.a.      n.a.      n.a.      2*      Not mandatory or takes part of a general meningitis or encephalitis surveillance      n.a.
     Croatia      27*      30*      36*      38*      28*      20*      11*      20*      44*      36*      n.a.      n.a.
     Czech Republic      633*      647*      606*      507*      643*      1029*      546*      631*      816^      589*      Mandatory      Recommended ×
     Denmark      1^      1^      4^      8^      4^      2§      2^      1^      1^      0*      Not mandatory      Optional ×
     Estonia      215*      90*      237*      182*      164*      171*      140*      90*      179*      201*      Mandatory      Recommended ×
     Finland      33*      38*      16*      29*      16*      17*      20*      23*      26^      44*      Mandatory      Yes for Åland and recommended for other Regions ×
     France      0^      2^      6^      7^      0^      6^      7*      10^      n.a.      10*      Not mandatory      Optional ×
     Germany      255*      239*      278*      274^      431*      547*      238*      285^      313*      n.a.      Mandatory      Yes ×
     Greece      n.a.      n.a.      n.a.      n.a.      0*      n.a.      0*      0*      n.a.      n.a.      Mandatory (as arboviral encephalitis)      Optional ×
     Hungary      55*      60*      73*      76*      53*      57*      69*      77*      70*      n.a.      Mandatory      Yes, for occupationally exposed people ×
     Italy      19^      6^      14^      23^      22^      14^      4^      34^      32^      23§      Not mandatory      Yes, in endemic Regions and professionally exposed people × ×
     Latvia      303*      153*      365*      251*      142*      170*      171*      184*      328^      494*      Mandatory      Yes for children and recommended for adults ×
     Lithuania      298*      168*      763*      425*      243*      462*      234*      220*      617^      612*      Mandatory      Optional ×
     Norway      1*      2*      1*      5*      2*      5*      13*      11*      8^      11*      Mandatory      Optional ×
     Poland      210*      126*      339*      262*      262*      317*      233*      202^      351*      294*      Mandatory      Recommended for high risk groups ×
     Republic of Moldova      n.a.      n.a.      n.a.      n.a.      0*      0*      n.a.      n.a.      n.a.      n.a.      n.a.      n.a.
     Romania      0*      n.a.      1*      n.a.      n.a.      n.a.      67†      8*      4§      3*      Mandatory      n.a.
     Russia      6,528*      5,150^      4,770^      4,156*      4,566*      3,494*      3,138*      2,796*      3,720*      3,094*      Mandatory      Yes, in endemic Regions ×
     Serbia      n.a.      n.a.      n.a.      1*      6*      1*      0*      n.a.      n.a.      n.a.      n.a.      n.a.
     Slovak Republic      75*      62*      74*      70*      50*      91*      57*      85*      71^      90*      Mandatory      Optional ×
     Slovenia      260*      262*      282*      204*      297*      373*      199*      251*      306*      166*      Mandatory      Yes ×
     Sweden      117*      105^      107*      175*      131*      163*      182*      224*      211^      174††      Mandatory      Optional ×
     Switzerland      108*      53*      116*      137*      202*      252*      106*      121*      117*      90*      Mandatory      Yes ×
     Ukraine      n.a.      12§§      28*      n.a.      n.a.      n.a.      n.a.      7*      n.a.      3*      n.a.      n.a.

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