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

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...

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Autores principales: Parkash, Vivak, Woods, Kate, Kafetzopoulou, Liana, Osborne, Jane, Aarons, Emma, Cartwright, Katharine
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2019
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Research Letter
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6346434/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30666938
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2502.172101
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author Parkash, Vivak
Woods, Kate
Kafetzopoulou, Liana
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Aarons, Emma
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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.
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spelling pubmed-63464342019-02-01 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 Emerg Infect Dis Research Letter 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. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2019-02 /pmc/articles/PMC6346434/ /pubmed/30666938 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2502.172101 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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title_full West Nile Virus Infection in Travelers Returning to United Kingdom from South Africa
title_fullStr West Nile Virus Infection in Travelers Returning to United Kingdom from South Africa
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title_short West Nile Virus Infection in Travelers Returning to United Kingdom from South Africa
title_sort west nile virus infection in travelers returning to united kingdom from south africa
topic Research Letter
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6346434/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30666938
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2502.172101
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