West Nile Virus Infection in Travelers Returning to United Kingdom from South Africa

Parkash, Vivak; Woods, Kate; Kafetzopoulou, Liana; Osborne, Jane; Aarons, Emma; Cartwright, Katharine

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West Nile Virus Infection in Travelers Returning to United Kingdom from South Africa

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Feb 2019
By Parkash, Vivak ; Woods, Kate ; Kafetzopoulou, Liana ; ...

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Emerg Infect Dis
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Parkash, Vivak ; Woods, Kate ; Kafetzopoulou, Liana ; Osborne, Jane ; Aarons, Emma ; Cartwright, Katharine
Description:

West Nile virus (WNV) is an arthropod-transmitted flavivirus that causes West Nile fever and may infrequently cause neuroinvasive disease in humans. We present 2 cases of confirmed WNV infection, 1 of severe encephalitis and 1 of mild febrile illness, in a couple returning to the United Kingdom from South Africa.
Subjects:

Encephalitis Flavivirus Myositis Research Letter Rhabdomyolysis Viruses West Nile Fever West Nile Neuroinvasive Disease West Nile Virus
Source:

Emerg Infect Dis. 25(2):367-369
Pubmed ID:

30666938
Pubmed Central ID:

PMC6346434
Document Type:

Journal Article
Place as Subject:

United Kingdom ; South Africa
Location:

Europe ; Africa
Volume:

25
Issue:

2
Collection(s):

Emerging Infectious Diseases
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urn:sha256:00926159894e7b3db9e4323a4c3dce71e65e791a6c79e9ca64f1d88ee90405af
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