Tick-borne Encephalitis (TBE) - VEC Vaccine Notes | Vaccine Education Center at CHOP

Charlotte Moser, Co-Director of the Vaccine Education Center at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, talks about tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) and the vaccine that protects against it. She addresses common questions and discusses the relative risks and benefits of the disease and vaccine.

Find out:

- What family of viruses TBE belongs to

- The number of cases in the U.S. over two decades

- What a “dead-end” host is

- How TBE infections of large mammals can cause issues for people

- About the two phases of symptoms that people can experience

- Where people who need the TBE vaccine may be able to get it

- How to protect babies too young to get the vaccine

To learn more about TBE and the tools to prevent it, please visit https://bit.ly/vec-tbe.

Questions? Submit the VEC Vaccine Notes form, https://bit.ly/contact-vec-vaccine-notes.

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