On the incidence of some zoonoses with natural foci in the West Bohemian Region. II. Antibodies against the virus of tick-borne encephalitis.

: The authors examined serum samples from 475 men from different districts of the West Bohemian region for the presence of antibodies against viruses of tick-borne encephalitis, Tahyna and Tribec, strain Lipovnik. Antibodies against the virus of tick-borne encephalitis were found in 1.1% and antibodies against the Tahyna virus in 4.4% of the examined sera. Antibodies against the Tribec virus were not detected. In the prevalence of antibodies against both viruses no geographical differences were revealed. The ratio of subjects with antibodies against the virus of tick-borne encephalitis was consistent with the long-term follow-up of morbidity and the reported clinical manifestation of the infection.