Tick-borne Encephalitis -- France
France has identified its 1st outbreak of tick-borne encephalitis from consumption of raw milk products, with more than 40 people affected.
The infections are linked to eating a brand of raw milk goat cheese in Ain, in the Rhone-Alpes region, between April and May this year [2020], according to Sante publique France.
The cheese producer is GAEC des Chevrettes du Vieux Valey, based at Condamine in Haut-Bugey, Ain. It is thought ticks carrying the virus infected a goat, then its milk, then
Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://healthmap.org/ln.php?7517152&promed&0
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