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The Statens Serum Institut and a leading researcher cannot explain the low numbers.

The tick mystery continues: Almost no one has contracted TBE encephalitis from ticks this year

The tick Foto: Mads Nissen
The tick Foto: Mads Nissen
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It has never been particularly pleasant to discover the backside of a tick that has burrowed into your lower back and is now feasting on a blood meal.

But with the dangerous brain inflammation TBE, ticks have taken on a new dimension of danger for many people.

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