| tick-borne encephalitis in north-east italy: a 14-year retrospective study, january 2000 to december 2013. | italy is considered at low incidence of tick-borne encephalitis (tbe), and the occurrence of human cases of tbe appears to be geographically restricted to the north east of the country. however, most information to date derives from case series, with no systematic data collection. to estimate incidence rates (ir) and spatial distribution of tbe cases, we conducted a retrospective study in north-eastern italy. data were collected through the infectious disease units and public health districts of ... | 2015 | 26537646 |