Selection criteria were unexplained deaths or encephalitis in birds, and encephalomyelitis in horses.
With encephalitis, patients may be quiet and withdrawn, confused, drowsy or deeply comatose [31, 32].
Seasonal synchrony : the key to tick-borne encephalitis foci identified by satellite data.
Nevertheless, complications such as orchitis, meningitis and encephalitis occur frequently [1, 2].
Neurological complication occurred in 23 patients (18 %), seizures in 14, stroke in 10, choreoathetosis, tremor and encephalitis in one case each.
If diagnostic uncertainty remains, may need to perform lumbar puncture (to help exclude encephalitis or meningitis).
In industrialized countries up to 10 % of measles cases are associated with complications, the most common being otitis media, pneumonia, encephalitis, and mortality [2].
Fatal encephalitis in children or young adults is rare.
