Author, as appears in the article.: García-Cervera, C; Iftimie, SM; Martínez, MJ; González, AV; Parra-Pérez, S; Revuelta-López-Cordón, L; Gil-Toral, J; Vallverdú, RMV; Mateo, AM; López-Azcona, AF; Pujol-Bajador, I; Ballester-Bastardie, F; Castro-Salomó, A
Department: Medicina i Cirurgia
URV's Author/s: Ballester Bastardie, Frederic / Castro Salomó, Antoni / Iftimie Iftimie, Simona Mihaela / Parra Pérez, Sandra / Pujol Bajador, Isabel
Keywords: West nile virus Viruses Pcr assay Encephalitis Arboviruses viruses infection encephalitis arboviruses >
Abstract: West Nile virus (WNV) is a mosquito-borne flavivirus that can cause Central Nervous System infection in humans. Previous autochthonous cases of WNV encephalitis have been described in Spain, but none in Catalonia.We report on the first two autochthonous cases of encephalitis in humans caused by the West Nile virus (WNV) diagnosed in Catalonia (northeastern region of Spain).An old married couple presented with clinical and biological signs compatible with viral encephalitis. Acute and convalescent serum samples showed IgM and IgG positivity for WNV. In addition, IgM was also detected in cerebrospinal fluid in the male patient. The serological results were later confirmed by microneutralization assays.WNV infection must be considered in patients presenting with meningoencephalitis with viral CSF characteristics when common pathogens are excluded.
licence for use: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/
Author's mail: simonamihaela.iftime@urv.cat sandra.parra@urv.cat antoni.castro@urv.cat isabel.pujol@urv.cat frederic.ballester@estudiants.urv.cat
Author identifier: 0000-0003-0714-8414 0000-0001-9363-6574 0000-0001-5441-6333
Record's date: 2024-08-03
Papper version: info:eu-repo/semantics/submittedVersion
Link to the original source: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/23744235.2023.2236703?scroll=top&needAccess=true&role=tab
Licence document URL: https://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/
Papper original source: Infect Dis (Lond). 55 (11): 1-5
APA: García-Cervera, C; Iftimie, SM; Martínez, MJ; González, AV; Parra-Pérez, S; Revuelta-López-Cordón, L; Gil-Toral, J; Vallverdú, RMV; Mateo, AM; López-A (2023). Report on the first two confirmed autochthonous cases of West Nile virus encephalitis in Catalonia, Spain. Infect Dis (Lond), 55(11), 1-5. DOI: 10.1080/23744235.2023.2236703
Article's DOI: 10.1080/23744235.2023.2236703
Entity: Universitat Rovira i Virgili
Journal publication year: 2023
Publication Type: Journal Publications
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