Fatal Infection with Murray Valley Encephalitis Virus Imported from Australia to Canada, 2011
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Published Date:Feb 2017
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Source:Emerg Infect Dis. 23(2):280-283.
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Pubmed ID:28098530
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Pubmed Central ID:PMC5324805
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Description:Murray Valley encephalitis virus (MVEV), a flavivirus belonging to the Japanese encephalitis serogroup, can cause severe clinical manifestations in humans. We report a fatal case of MVEV infection in a young woman who returned from Australia to Canada. The differential diagnosis for travel-associated encephalitis should include MVEV, particularly during outbreak years.
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