Tick-borne Encephalitis (TBE) - VEC Vaccine Notes | Vaccine Education Center at CHOP

Charlotte Moser, Co-Director of the Vaccine Education Center at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, talks about tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) and the vaccine that protects against it. She addresses common questions and discusses the relative risks and benefits of the disease and vaccine. Find out: What family of viruses TBE belongs to The number of cases in the U.S. over two decades What a “dead-end” host is How TBE infections of large mammals can cause issues for people About the two phases of symptoms that people can experience Where people who need the TBE vaccine may be able to get it How to protect babies too young to get the vaccine To learn more about TBE and the tools to prevent it, please visit https://bit.ly/vec-tbe. Questions? Submit the VEC Vaccine Notes form, https://bit.ly/contact-vec-vaccine-notes. For other vaccines, diseases or general questions about vaccines, check out https://vaccine.chop.edu. Subscribe to our Parents PACK newsletter, https://bit.ly/3KfLUoO.