First autochthonous human West Nile virus infections in the Netherlands, July to August 2020

In October 2020, the first case of autochthonous West Nile virus neuroinvasive disease was diagnosed in the Netherlands with a presumed infection in the last week of August. Investigations revealed five more cases of local West Nile virus (WNV) infection. The cases resided in a region where WNV was...

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Autores principales: Vlaskamp, Danique RM, Thijsen, Steven FT, Reimerink, Johan, Hilkens, Pieter, Bouvy, Willem H, Bantjes, Sabine E, Vlaminckx, Bart JM, Zaaijer, Hans, van den Kerkhof, Hans HTC, Raven, Stijn FH, Reusken, Chantal BEM
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) 2020
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Rapid Communication
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7678035/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33213687
http://dx.doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2020.25.46.2001904
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Sumario:In October 2020, the first case of autochthonous West Nile virus neuroinvasive disease was diagnosed in the Netherlands with a presumed infection in the last week of August. Investigations revealed five more cases of local West Nile virus (WNV) infection. The cases resided in a region where WNV was detected in a bird and mosquitoes in August 2020. Molecular analysis was successful for two cases and identified the presence of WNV lineage 2.

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