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To the editor: Recently, Cassini et al presented in Eurosurveillance the results of the burden of infectious diseases in European Union and European Economic Area (EU/EEA) countries [1], using the incidence-based methodology to calculate disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) developed within the Burden of Communicable Diseases in Europe (BCoDE) project [2]
We estimated that tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) in Slovenia during 2009–2013 accounted annually for 11.0 DALYs per 100,000 population (95% uncertainty interval (UI): 10.2–11.7), much higher than the pooled results published by Cassini et al for selected EU countries in the same time period, which was 0.69 DALYs per 100,000 population (95% UI: 0.65–0.74) [1,3]
Incidence of TBE in Slovenia was highest in the 50–74 years age group; we identified the highest burden of TBE among children aged 5–14 years
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To the editor: Recently, Cassini et al presented in Eurosurveillance the results of the burden of infectious diseases in European Union and European Economic Area (EU/EEA) countries [1], using the incidence-based methodology to calculate disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) developed within the Burden of Communicable Diseases in Europe (BCoDE) project [2]. The description of the impact of diseases on the health of the population by means of a composite health measure provides clear and comprehensive information for transparent and accountable decision-making.
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