https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-50206382 Brain illness spread by ticks has reached UK By Michelle Roberts Health editor, BBC News online An infectious disease that can harm the brain and is spread to people by tick bites has been identified in ticks in the UK for the first time. Public Health England (PHE) says it has confirmed cases of tick-borne encephalitis virus in ticks from two parts of England - Thetford Forest and an area on the Hampshire-Dorset border. PHE says the risk to people is still "very low". It is monitoring the situation to check how common the infected ticks may be. More at link
Media are a bit slow on this one. Public Health England reported this back in July: https://assets.publishing.service.g...t_data/file/822021/Tickborne_encephalitis.pdf
fwiw - from the other side of the Atlantic - A former US Senator died yesterday of tick-borne encephalitis (contracted a few years ago). https://www.cnn.com/2019/10/28/politics/kay-hagan-dead-north-carolina-senator/index.html
https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?tab=wm#inbox/FMfcgxwDsFXrqrKLhBTgxngxXbsWFLSG Powassen Virus - Are they sure in UK? Maybe the "typical" Lyme encephalytis found in mainland Europe vs PV?
