A 40-year-old man develops a febrile illness after a camping trip in the Austrian Alps. He reports a tick bite 10 days ago. He now has meningeal signs...

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A 40-year-old man develops a febrile illness after a camping trip in the Austrian Alps. He reports a tick bite 10 days ago. He now has meningeal signs with CSF showing lymphocytic pleocytosis. He had no pre-travel vaccinations. What is the most likely arboviral diagnosis?

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Tick-borne encephalitis (TBE)

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Lyme neuroborreliosis

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Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever

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West Nile virus infection

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Rocky Mountain spotted fever

uk-dtmh MCQ (SBA): Tick-borne Encephalitis

A 40-year-old man develops a febrile illness after a camping trip in the Austrian Alps. He reports a tick bite 10 days ago. He now has meningeal signs with CSF showing lymphocytic pleocytosis. He had no pre-travel vaccinations. What is the most likely arboviral diagnosis?