Table 1.

Immunization schedules for tick-borne encephalitis vaccines according to WHO recommendations.

	Basic immunization: conventional schedule (dose 1 on day 0)		Basic immunization: rapid schedule (dose 1 on day 0)
Vaccine	2nd dose (mo)	3rd dose (mo)	2nd dose	3rd dose	4th dose (mo)	1st booster	Subsequent boosters (yrs)
FSME-Immun®	1–3 mo	5–12 mo	14 d*	5–12 mo*	—	3 yrs	5†
Encepur®	1–3 mo (14 d)	9–12 mo	7 d	21 d	—	12–18 mo	5†
TBE-Moscow vaccine®	1–7 mo	12 mo	—	—	—	3 yrs	3
EnceVir®	5–7 mo	12 mo	21–35 d‡	42–70 d‡	6–12	3 yrs	3

Intervals given in months (mo) unless indicated as years (yrs) or days (d).

^†Interval of 3 yrs in persons ≥ 50 years of age (in Austria an interval of 3 y for persons ≥60 years of age.

^‡Double dose of total 1.0 ml.

For FSME-immun, the licensed rapid scheme is only licensed for adults. For FSME-Immun and Encepur, after the first booster dose, intervals of 5 years are now recommended by the manufacturers for persons below 50 and 60 years of age, respectively.

Adapted from Kollaritsch.¹⁰