We have also genotyped two SNPs associated with TLR3 expression, rs3775291 and rs5743305, as well as an SNP associated with MIF expression, rs755622, in a larger group of TBE patients and controls from the same area and analyzed correlations of the studied parameters with the TBE clinical presentation and with CSF inflammatory parameters, especially the albumin concentration as the measure of the BBB disruption. The gene discussed is MIF; the disease is tick-borne encephalitis.