Forest encephalitis

Forest encephalitis is an acute central nervous system infectious disease of natural epidemic origin caused by forest encephalitis virus via the tick tick vector. It is clinically characterized by high fever, headache, disturbance of consciousness, meningeal irritation, and paralysis. It often has sequelae and has a higher mortality rate. This disease is a natural epidemic disease in forest areas. It is prevalent in northeast China, the Russian Far East, and the forest areas in northern Korea. It occurs in spring and summer. Also known as tick-borne encephalitis (TBE), Russian spring-summer encephalitis (Russian spring-summer encephalitis), oriental tick-borne encephalitis (encephalitis acarina orientalis), etc.