From: Evaluation of under-testing and under-diagnosis of tick-borne encephalitis in Germany
Patients | N | TBE tested, n (%) | Not TBE tested, n (%) | TBE positive, n (%) | TBE positive, p-value |
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Headache | |||||
All patients | 855 | 597 (69.8%) | 258 (30.2%) | 128 (21.4%) | NA |
Meningitis Only | 342 | 230 (67.3%) | 112 (32.7%) | 80 (34.8%) | < 0.001 |
Encephalitis Only | 279 | 207 (74.2%) | 72 (25.8%) | 43 (20.8%) | |
Myelitis Only | 108 | 84 (77.8%) | 24 (22.2%) | 10 (11.9%) | |
Combination of Meningitis, Encephalitis, and/or Myelitis | 660 | 472 (71.5%) | 188 (28.5%) | 121 (25.6%) | |
Non-specific Neurological Symptoms (exclusive) | 195 | 125 (64.1%) | 70 (35.9%) | 7 (5.6%) | |
No headache | |||||
All patients | 543 | 251 (46.2%) | 292 (53.8%) | 41 (16.3%) | NA |
Meningitis Only | 133 | 65 (48.9%) | 68 (51.1%) | 27 (41.5%) | < 0.001 |
Encephalitis Only | 147 | 73 (49.7%) | 74 (50.3%) | 10 (13.7%) | |
Myelitis Only | 148 | 68 (45.9%) | 80 (54.1%) | 4 (5.9%) | |
Combination of Meningitis, Encephalitis, and/or Myelitis | 387 | 186 (48.1%) | 201 (51.9%) | 36 (19.4%) | |
Non-specific Neurological Symptoms (exclusive) | 156 | 65 (41.7%) | 91 (58.3%) | 5 (7.7%) |