Tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) is a serious viral neuroinfection affecting humans in large areas of Europe and Asia. TBE can occur at any age, but only a few reports of TBE in infants younger than 1 year have been published. Here, we report a case of severe TBE in an 8.5-month-old boy presenting with seizures at the beginning of the neurological phase.

Department of Children's Infectious Diseases Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Masaryk University Jihlavská 100 CZ 62500 Brno Czech Republic

Department of Microbiology and Immunology University Hospital Jihlavská 100 CZ 62500 Brno Czech Republic

Institute of Parasitology Biology Center Czech Academy of Sciences 37005 Ceske Budejovice Czech Republic

Laboratory of Emerging Viral Infections Veterinary Research Institute Hudcova 70 CZ 62100 Brno Czech Republic

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