tick-borne encephalitis

English

Alternative forms

• Abbreviated as TBE.

Pronunciation

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Noun

tick-borne encephalitis (uncountable)

1. (pathology) A viral infectious disease of the central nervous system borne by ticks, which most often manifests as meningitis, encephalitis, or meningoencephalitis.

Derived terms

• Tick-borne encephalitis virus

Translations

viral disease

• Dutch: tekenencefalitis f, TBE c (abbreviation)
• Finnish: puutiaisaivotulehdus
• German: Frühsommer-Meningoenzephalitis (de) f, FSME (de) f (abbreviation)
• Hungarian: kullancsencephalitis
• Icelandic: mítilborin heilabólga f
• Russian: клещево́й энцефали́т m (kleščevój encefalít)
• Swedish: fästingburen hjärninflammation c, fästingburen encefalit c, TBE (sv) (abbreviation)
• Turkish: kene ensefaliti, kene kaynaklı ensefalit