Fatal Infection with Murray Valley Encephalitis Virus Imported from Australia to Canada, 2011

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-associate...

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Autores principales: Niven, Daniel J., Afra, Kevin, Iftinca, Mircea, Tellier, Raymond, Fonseca, Kevin, Kramer, Andreas, Safronetz, David, Holloway, Kimberly, Drebot, Michael, Johnson, Andrew S.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5324805/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28098530
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2302.161161
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author Niven, Daniel J.
Afra, Kevin
Iftinca, Mircea
Tellier, Raymond
Fonseca, Kevin
Kramer, Andreas
Safronetz, David
Holloway, Kimberly
Drebot, Michael
Johnson, Andrew S.
author_facet Niven, Daniel J.
Afra, Kevin
Iftinca, Mircea
Tellier, Raymond
Fonseca, Kevin
Kramer, Andreas
Safronetz, David
Holloway, Kimberly
Drebot, Michael
Johnson, Andrew S.
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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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spelling pubmed-53248052017-02-24 Fatal Infection with Murray Valley Encephalitis Virus Imported from Australia to Canada, 2011 Niven, Daniel J. Afra, Kevin Iftinca, Mircea Tellier, Raymond Fonseca, Kevin Kramer, Andreas Safronetz, David Holloway, Kimberly Drebot, Michael Johnson, Andrew S. Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch 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. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2017-02 /pmc/articles/PMC5324805/ /pubmed/28098530 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2302.161161 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
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Niven, Daniel J.
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Tellier, Raymond
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Kramer, Andreas
Safronetz, David
Holloway, Kimberly
Drebot, Michael
Johnson, Andrew S.
Fatal Infection with Murray Valley Encephalitis Virus Imported from Australia to Canada, 2011
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title_fullStr Fatal Infection with Murray Valley Encephalitis Virus Imported from Australia to Canada, 2011
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title_short Fatal Infection with Murray Valley Encephalitis Virus Imported from Australia to Canada, 2011
title_sort fatal infection with murray valley encephalitis virus imported from australia to canada, 2011
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5324805/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28098530
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2302.161161
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