Retrospective diagnosis of West Nile virus infection in a patient with meningoencephalitis in Tuscany, Italy

We report a case of West Nile virus (WNV) infection in a symptomatic woman living in Tuscany in 2007. A retrospective analysis on cerebrospinal fluids drawn from people affected by neurological diseases with unknown etiology allowed the identification of a case of WNV infection before the WNV outbre...

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Published inVector borne and zoonotic diseases (Larchmont, N.Y.) Vol. 11; no. 11; p. 1511
Main Authors Cusi, Maria Grazia, Roggi, Alberto, Terrosi, Chiara, Gori Savellini, Gianni, Toti, Mario
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 01.11.2011
Subjects
Antibodies, Viral - analysis
DNA Primers
Female
Humans
Italy
Meningoencephalitis - cerebrospinal fluid
Meningoencephalitis - virology
Retrospective Studies
Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
Treatment Outcome
West Nile Fever - cerebrospinal fluid
West Nile virus - immunology
West Nile virus - isolation & purification
Young Adult
Italy
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Summary:We report a case of West Nile virus (WNV) infection in a symptomatic woman living in Tuscany in 2007. A retrospective analysis on cerebrospinal fluids drawn from people affected by neurological diseases with unknown etiology allowed the identification of a case of WNV infection before the WNV outbreak in the Northeast Italy in 2008. This emphasizes the importance of maintaining a high level of epidemiological surveillance all over the Italian territory.
ISSN:1557-7759
DOI:10.1089/vbz.2010.0248