The tick-borne virus has been identified with one 'probable' case in Scotland
Health officials have issued a warning after a case of tick-borne disease encephalitis was been confirmed in the UK.
The serious condition of encephalitis is uncommon but potentially deadly as it causes the brain to swell. And with a probable case in Loch Earn, experts are concerned that the virus is present in more widespread areas of the UK as the tick species which carries the virus can easily spread it. “Genetically the UK viruses have been close to European or Scandinavian strains so they may have originally arrived from the near continent in ticks attached to birds.
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