Woodcutter’s Encephalitis

Either of two flaviviral meningoencephalitides
(1) Biundulant meningoencephalitis, Central European tick-borne fever, diphasic milk fever, Russian spring-summer encephalitis, Western subtype Tick-borne meningoencephalitis, Central European subtype
Aetiology A flavivirus closely related to Far Eastern type
Vectors Ixodes ricinus, infected raw milk, especially goat’s milk
(2) Russian tick-borne encephalitis Tick-borne encephalitis, Eastern subtype, a severe form of flavivirus-induced encephalitis
Vectors Ixodes pertulcatus, I ricinus