How to protect yourself from infection with tick-borne encephalitis?

Tick-borne encephalitis is a serious infectious disease of people that affects the central nervous system. The causative agent of the disease is a virus, and its keepers and carriers are ticks.

Human infection occurs during the suction of the tick. Hidden (incubation) period in most cases lasts 7-14 days, less often from 1 to 30 days.