Tick Vaccination: Vienna Starting Monday with TBE Vaccination Campaign

From next Monday until May 9, 2025, the city of Vienna will offer vaccinations against tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) - the so-called tick protection vaccination. The vaccinations will be carried out at the municipal vaccination center TownTown (1030, Thomas-Klestil-Platz 8/2). People from the age of one can be vaccinated.

TBE vaccination at the Vienna vaccination center TownTown already bookable

The Austrian vaccination plan recommends the TBE vaccination for children from the age of one. The protective effect begins about two weeks after the second vaccination, which takes place four weeks after the first. The third injection is recommended depending on the vaccine five to twelve or nine to twelve weeks after the second. The first booster vaccination is advised three years after the third vaccination, further ones every five years, for people aged 60 and over every three years. A TBE vaccination at the municipal vaccination center TownTown can - from now on - be booked as usual either by phone at 1450 or online at www.impfservice.wien.

The abbreviation TBE stands for tick-borne encephalitis. This is an inflammation of the brain and meninges. The disease begins with flu-like symptoms and initially improves again. After about seven days, there is high fever, headache, nausea and vomiting, neck stiffness, and sometimes paralysis. Permanent damage often remains, and in some cases, the disease ends fatally. There is no treatment for TBE itself, only the symptoms can be alleviated.

Ticks play a role

The TBE virus is usually transmitted to humans by a tick bite. The virus is found throughout Austria, but also in other countries in Central and Eastern Europe. It takes two to 28 days from the bite of the infected tick to the onset of the disease. TBE is not transmitted from person to person.

The TBE vaccination offers good protection against the disease. A tick bite can also lead to Lyme disease. There is no vaccination against this disease, but there are good treatment options with antibiotics.

(APA/Red)

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