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Report on the first two confirmed autochthonous cases of West Nile virus encephalitis in Catalonia, Spain

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    Identificador: imarina:9325788
    Autores:
    García-Cervera, CIftimie, SMMartínez, MJGonzález, AVParra-Pérez, SRevuelta-López-Cordón, LGil-Toral, JVallverdú, RMVMateo, AMLópez-Azcona, AFPujol-Bajador, IBallester-Bastardie, FCastro-Salomó, A
    Resumen:
    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.
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    Autor según el artículo: 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
    Departamento: Medicina i Cirurgia
    Autor/es de la URV: Ballester Bastardie, Frederic / Castro Salomó, Antoni / Iftimie Iftimie, Simona Mihaela / Parra Pérez, Sandra / Pujol Bajador, Isabel
    Palabras clave: West nile virus Viruses Pcr assay Encephalitis Arboviruses viruses infection encephalitis arboviruses >
    Resumen: 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.
    Acceso a la licencia de uso: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/
    Direcció de correo del autor: simonamihaela.iftime@urv.cat sandra.parra@urv.cat antoni.castro@urv.cat isabel.pujol@urv.cat frederic.ballester@estudiants.urv.cat
    Identificador del autor: 0000-0003-0714-8414 0000-0001-9363-6574 0000-0001-5441-6333
    Fecha de alta del registro: 2024-08-03
    Versión del articulo depositado: info:eu-repo/semantics/submittedVersion
    Enlace a la fuente original: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/23744235.2023.2236703?scroll=top&needAccess=true&role=tab
    URL Documento de licencia: https://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/
    Referencia al articulo segun fuente origial: Infect Dis (Lond). 55 (11): 1-5
    Referencia de l'ítem segons les normes 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
    DOI del artículo: 10.1080/23744235.2023.2236703
    Entidad: Universitat Rovira i Virgili
    Año de publicación de la revista: 2023
    Tipo de publicación: Journal Publications
  • Palabras clave:

    West nile virus
    Viruses
    Pcr assay
    Encephalitis
    Arboviruses
    viruses
    infection
    encephalitis
    arboviruses
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