Tick-borne encephalitis vaccine effectiveness and public health impact in the Baltic countries of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania, 2019-2023
TBE vaccination in Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania was highly effective in preventing TBE. To prevent life-threatening TBE, TBE vaccine uptake and compliance with vaccination recommendations should be increased in the Baltic countries.
Authors
- Frederick J. Angulo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3120-7704)
- Kerstin Aimla
- Dace Zavadska (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4892-3763)
- James H. Stark (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0728-876X)
- Andreas Pilz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6394-3845)
- Lisa R. Harper (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5866-7295)
- Milda Žygutienė
- Aija Griskevica
- Antra Bormane
- Ping Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9163-6191)
- Alice Kivistik
- Audrone Vadapaliene
Institutions
- Latvian Biomedical Research and Study Centre (LV)
- Vilnius University (LT)
- Pfizer (United States) (US)
- Tartu University Hospital (EE)
- North Estonia Medical Centre (EE)
- Children's Clinical University Hospital (LV)
- National Cancer Institute (LT)
- Pfizer (Austria) (AT)
- Global Vaccines (United States) (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- IJID Regions
- Published
- 2025-08-09
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijregi.2025.100727
- Primary Topic
- Mosquito-borne diseases and control
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00