The number of encephalitis has tripled – 124 cases last year

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Tick \u200b\u200bsamples collected by Riikka Elo, a researcher at the Tampere Museum of Natural History, from a cloth tick collector. In the picture above, a male woodworm, a female woodworm and an approx. 2-year-old young woodworm, or nymph.
The photo shows tick samples collected by Riikka Elo, a researcher at the Tampere Museum of Natural History, from a fabric tick collector. Starting from the top, the picture shows a male woodworm, a female woodworm and a young woodworm, or nymph, about 2 years old.

Wood beetles are found almost all over Finland, with the exception of the northernmost Lapland.

The number of encephalitis has tripled in ten years. According to the Infectious Disease Register, 810 cases were reported in the last ten years, compared to 267 cases in the previous ten-year period.

Last year, 124 cases were found, which is almost as many as the previous year, when there were a record 148.

Wood beetles are found almost all over Finland, with the exception of the northernmost Lapland.

In Lapland, the risk areas for tick-borne encephalitis are Kemi and Simo.

There is no curative treatment for encephalitis, but vaccination can protect against it.

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