2022 sees rise in number of tick transmitted diseases

Data from the National Institute of Public Health (SZÚ) shows that more people were infected by illnesses transmitted by ticks this year than in 2021. Doctors registered 441 cases of tick-borne encephalitis (roughly 25 percent more than in 2021) and 2,035 cases of lyme disease (up by 13 percent) by the end of the month of August, the Czech News Agency reported on Saturday.

Based-off previous years, it is expected that the total number of people infected by diseases transmitted by ticks will rise by a further third by the end of this year. Increased temperatures mean that ticks can now be found in Czechia even as late as in November.