Table 1.

Demographic and clinical characteristics of patients with TBEV infection (TBE) and TBEV+Bb/Ap co-infection (TBE+LD/HGA) compared to healthy subjects.

	CTR	TBE	TBE+LD/HGA
Age (Years)	41 (28–55)	40 (23–58)	42 (22–63)
Sex	5/20 female (25%) 15/20 male (75%)	14/40 female (35%) 26/40 male (65%)	4/6 female (67%) 2/6 male (33%)
Confirmed tick bite	0/20 (0%)	21/40 (52%)	5/6 (83%)
Time since tick bite (days)	-	26.8 ± 16.6	17.58 ± 4.95
Duration of hospitalization (days)	-	12.85 ± 2.6	12.34 ± 1.97
Duration of symptoms (days)	-	7.5 ± 6.9	4.26 ± 2.63
Clinical form
Meningitis	0/20(0%)	25/40 (62.5%)	5/6 (83%)
Meningoencephalitis	0/20 (0%)	15/40 (37.5%)	1/6 (17%)
Meningoencephalomyelitis	0/20 (0%)	0/40 (0%)	0/6 (0%)