Number infected by ticks highest in decade

The number of people in the Czech Republic infected by ticks is at its highest in a decade, according to figures just released by the State Health Institute. Over 350 people caught tick-borne encephalitis while nearly 2,300 got Lime disease between the start of January and the end of August. An elderly man died recently of tick-borne encephalitis, the first such fatality of 2008. However, number affected could rise soon, with evidence of infection often being felt in the autumn.