Tick-borne encephalitis was limited to northeast portions of Italy. We report in Lombardy, a populous region in the northwest, a chamois displaying clinical signs of tickborne encephalitis virus that had multiple virus-positive ticks attached, as well as a symptomatic man. Further, we show serologic evidence of viral circulation in the area.
Keywords: Europe; Italy; Ixodes ricinus; TBE; TBEV; Tick-borne encephalitis; chamois; clinical case; serological survey; tick-borne encephalitis virus; ticks; vector-borne infections; viruses.