Short Communication: West Nile fever imported from Austria to Germany

Corinna Pietsch; Henning Trawinski; Christoph Lübbert; Uwe G Liebert

doi:10.1111/tbed.13079

Short Communication: West Nile fever imported from Austria to Germany

Transbound Emerg Dis. 2019 Mar;66(2):1033-1036. doi: 10.1111/tbed.13079. Epub 2018 Dec 7.

Authors

Corinna Pietsch^{1

2}, Henning Trawinski^{2

3}, Christoph Lübbert^{2

3}, Uwe G Liebert^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Institute of Virology, Leipzig University, Leipzig, Germany.
² Interdisciplinary Center for Infectious Diseases, Leipzig University Hospital, Leipzig, Germany.
³ Division of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, Department of Gastroenterology and Rheumatology, Leipzig University Hospital, Leipzig, Germany.

PMID: 30462884
DOI: 10.1111/tbed.13079

Abstract

This is the first report of West Nile virus (WNV) infection imported by a traveller returning from a neighbouring country to Germany (Austria). Physicians should be aware of the expansion of WNV endemic areas in Europe.

Keywords: West Nile fever; arboviruses; diarrhoea; encephalitis; meningitis; rash.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Antibodies, Viral / blood
Austria / epidemiology
Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
Female
Fluorescent Antibody Technique, Indirect
Germany / epidemiology
Humans
Neutralization Tests
Travel-Related Illness*
West Nile Fever / diagnosis
West Nile Fever / epidemiology*
West Nile Fever / virology
West Nile virus / immunology
West Nile virus / isolation & purification*

Substances

Antibodies, Viral