Probable West Nile Virus hepatitis: Case report

Giovanni Mori; Martina Strano; Matteo Chiurlo; Simona Bossolasco; Massimo Cernuschi; Antonella Castagna

doi:10.1016/j.idcr.2023.e01841

Probable West Nile Virus hepatitis: Case report

IDCases. 2023 Jul 5:33:e01841. doi: 10.1016/j.idcr.2023.e01841. eCollection 2023.

Authors

Giovanni Mori¹, Martina Strano¹, Matteo Chiurlo¹, Simona Bossolasco², Massimo Cernuschi², Antonella Castagna^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, 20132 Milan, Italy.
² Unit of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, 20127 Milan, Italy.

Abstract

West Nile Virus infections has become endemic in various locations around the world. Symptomatic cases manifest as an acute febrile illness and in less than 1% with neuroinvasive manifestations. We report one of the very few cases of probable WNV-mediated isolated hepatitis to shed light on a possibly underestimated clinical picture.

Keywords: Arbovirus; Emerging diseases; Hepatitis; Visceral disease; West Nile Virus.

Publication types

Case Reports