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Volume 27, Number 8—August 2021
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Autochthonous Cases of Tick-Borne Encephalitis, Belgium, 2020

Anke Stoefs, Leo Heyndrickx, Jonathan De Winter, Evelien Coeckelbergh, Barbara Willekens, Alicia Alonso-Jiménez, Anne-Marie Tuttino, Yvette Geerts, Kevin K. Ariën, and Marjan Van EsbroeckComments to Author 
Author affiliations: Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium (A. Stoefs, L. Heyndrickx, K.K. Ariën, M. Van Esbroeck); University Hospital of Antwerp, Antwerp (J. De Winter, E. Coeckelbergh, B. Willekens, A. Alonso-Jiménez); University of Antwerp, Antwerp (B. Willekens, A. Alonso-Jiménez, K.K. Ariën); Vivasso, Villers-Le-Bouillet, Belgium (A.-M. Tuttino); AZ Zeno Hospital, Knokke-Heist, Belgium (Y. Geerts)

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Geographic distribution of autochthonous human cases of tick-borne encephalitis, Belgium and the Netherlands (adapted from National Institute of Public Health and Environment [10]). Grey shading indicates communities in Belgium in which antibodies against tick-borne encephalitis virus have been detected in animals (adapted from S. Roelandt [2]).

Figure. Geographic distribution of autochthonous human cases of tick-borne encephalitis, Belgium and the Netherlands (adapted from National Institute of Public Health and Environment [10]). Grey shading indicates communities in Belgium in which antibodies against tick-borne encephalitis virus have been detected in animals (adapted from S. Roelandt [2]).

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