Hoe voorkom je tekenbeten?

Als je woont in, of reist naar, een land waar TBE voorkomt, volg dan een paar eenvoudige regels om jezelf en je dierbaren te beschermen tegen TBE.⁵

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Op de site van het Landelijk Coördinatiecentrum Reizigersadvisering (LCR) staat per land het Nederlandse advies over vaccineren tegen TBE.
Mensen die van plan zijn om landelijke gebieden te bezoeken of buitenactiviteiten te doen, zoals wandelen, fietsen of kamperen, lopen het meeste risico op TBE.^1,2 Op de website van het RIVM worden de diverse preventiemaatregelen tegen TBE ook genoemd.
Zelfs wanneer je gevaccineerd bent, moet je nog steeds voorzorgsmaatregelen nemen om het risico op een beet door een besmette teek te verminderen.⁵

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^2.European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control. Key messages about tick-borne encephalitis and tick-borne diseases. Available from: https://ecdc.europa.eu/en/tick-borne-encephalitis/facts/key-messages. Accessed: November 2019.
^3.European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control. ECDC. Leaflet for travellers on ticks, tickborne diseases and preventive measure. Available from: https://ecdc.europa.eu/en/publications-data/leaflet-travellers-ticks-tickborne-diseases-and-preventive-measure. Accessed: November 2019.
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^7.Centre for Disease Control and Prevention. Lyme Disease. Available from: https://www.cdc.gov/lyme/index.html. Accessed: November 2019.
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^14.RIVM https://www.rivm.nl/tekenencefalitis

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