Outbreak of West Nile virus infection, Volgograd Region, Russia, 1999.

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Platonov, A. E. ; Shipulin, G. A. ; Shipulina, O. Y. ; Tyutyunnik, E. N. ; Frolochkina, T. I. ; Lanciotti, R. S. ; Yazyshina, S. ; Platonova, O. V. ; Obukhov, I. L. ; Zhukov, A. N. ; Vengerov, Y. Y. ; Pokrovskii, V. I.
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• Description:
  From July 25 to October 1, 1999, 826 patients were admitted to Volgograd Region, Russia, hospitals with acute aseptic meningoencephalitis, meningitis, or fever consistent with arboviral infection. Of 84 cases of meningoencephalitis, 40 were fatal. Fourteen brain specimens were positive in reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction assays, confirming the presence of West Nile/Kunjin virus.
• Subjects:
  • Animals
  • Disease Outbreaks
  • Humans
  • Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • Time Factors
  • West Nile Fever
  • West Nile Virus
• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 7(1):128-132.
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Russia
• Location:
  Europe
• Volume:
  7
• Issue:
  1
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/15069/cdc_15069_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 62.67 KB]
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:b00329a81f5e2a44ba935323a05cc6425a9c5f9ed87485301a586d4960fb76c1