Increase in West Nile virus infections imported to Germany in 2012

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• 作者：Martin Gabriel ; Petra Emmerich ; Christina Frank ; Melanie Fiedler ; Jassin Rashidi-Alavijeh ; Christoph Jochum ; Stephan G眉nther ; Katherina Auerhammer ; Hans-J眉rgen Rupprecht ; Ralf-Thomas Blank ; Nadine Sacher ; Lisa Pertzborn ; Klaus Stark ; Thomas Schrauzer ; Jonas Schmidt-Chanasit
• 关键词：West Nile virus ; West Nile fever ; Arbovirus ; Mosquito ; Montenegro ; Greece ; Egypt ; Tunisia
• 刊名：Journal of Clinical Virology
• 出版年：November, 2013
• 年：2013
• 卷：58
• 期：3
• 页码：587-589
• 全文大小：308 K

文摘

Following the first confirmed imported West Nile virus (WNV) infection in 2011, the number of imported WNV infections to Germany increased in 2012. Two cases of West Nile neuroinvasive disease (WNND) and two cases of West Nile fever (WNF) were reported. The WNND cases were imported from Montenegro and Greece, including the first fatal case for Germany. The WNF cases were imported from Tunisia and Egypt. The cases were unambiguously confirmed according to laboratory criteria of European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC). In this report we summarize the clinical and laboratory findings in order to sensitize physicians in Germany for this imported viral disease.