Volume 10, Number 12—December 2004
Dispatch
First Human Cases of Tickborne Encephalitis, Norway
Table 1
Characteristics of patients with tickborne encephalitis, Norway, 1997–2003
Date | Patient no. | Age | Sex | Symptoms/neurologic disturbances | Disease duration |
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08/1997 | 1 | 42 | Male | Biphasic course. Headache, nausea, vomiting, migrating myalgia/hyperreflexia. | 1 mo |
08/1998 | 2 | 72 | Male | Fever, nausea, vomiting, confusion, speech disturbance/somnolence, mental disturbance, vertigo, bilateral ptosis, paresis of eye muscles, light throat paresis, paresis of the left shoulder | Sequela >1 y |
10/1999 | 3 | 60 | Male | Fever, headache/normal organ status | 1 month |
10/2000 | 4 | 67 | Male | Fever, headache, nausea, vomiting/confusion, cognitive dysfunction. | Cognitive dysfunctions in 2–3 mo |
10/2000 | 5 | 43 | Female | Biphasic course. Fever, headache, nausea, vomiting/diplopia, ataxia. | 1 mo |
06/2002 | 6 | 62 | Male | Fever, headache, nausea/ataxia. | 2 mo |
07/2002 | 7 | 53 | Male | Fever, headache, nausea, vomiting/paresthesia, ataxia | Cognitive dysfunctions in months |
10/2003 | 8 | 74 | Male | Headache, nausea, vomiting, altered personality, irritability, verbal aggressiveness/confusion, and ataxia. | 4–5 mo |