| tbe vaccination and the austrian experience. | in the pre-vaccination era, austria had the highest recorded morbidity of tick-borne encephalitis (tbe) in europe. the disease accounted for more than 50% of all viral meningoencephalitides in the eastern and southern parts of the country. this prompted us to start a cooperative vaccine development project in 1971 with j. keppie from the microbiological research establishment, porton down, england. after very satisfactory results of field studies, conducted in individuals for whom tbe was classi ... | 2003 | 12628814 |