Increase in West Nile virus infections imported to Germany in 2012

Journal of Clinical Virology

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 587-589

  Gabriel, Martin ^a   Emmerich, Petra ^a   Frank, Christina ^b   Fiedler, Melanie ^c   Rashidi Alavijeh, Jassin ^c   Jochum, Christoph ^c   Günther, Stephan ^a   Auerhammer, Katherina ^d   Rupprecht, Hans Jürgen ^d   Blank, Ralf Thomas ^d   Sacher, Nadine ^d   Pertzborn, Lisa ^e   Stark, Klaus ^b   Schrauzer, Thomas ^f   Schmidt Chanasit, Jonas ^a  

^a BERNHARD NOCHT INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

^b ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

^d GPR Gesundheits und Pflegezentrum   (Germany)

^e Marienhaus Klinikum Bendorf Neuwied Waldbreitbach   (Germany)

^f Nuremberg Hospital   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arbovirus; Egypt; Greece; Montenegro; Mosquito; Tunisia; West Nile fever; West Nile virus

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; ALBUMIN; AMPICILLIN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CEFTRIAXONE; MEROPENEM;

ADULT; AGED; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; ASTHENIA; BRAIN INFECTION; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIARRHEA; DISEASE DURATION; EGYPT; FATALITY; FEMALE; FEVER; GASTRITIS; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GERMANY; GRAFT FAILURE; GREECE; HEADACHE; HEMATEMESIS; HEMATOCRIT; HERPES SIMPLEX ENCEPHALITIS; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MALE; MENINGISM; MONTENEGRO (REPUBLIC); MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; PLEOCYTOSIS; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PYELONEPHRITIS; REFLUX ESOPHAGITIS; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SEIZURE; SEPTIC SHOCK; SERODIAGNOSIS; SPEECH DISORDER; TUNISIA; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; WEAKNESS; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS; WEST NILE NEUROINVASIVE DISEASE;

ARBOVIRUS; EGYPT; GREECE; MONTENEGRO; MOSQUITO; TUNISIA; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE VIRUS;

ADULT; AGED; EGYPT; FEMALE; GERMANY; GREECE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONTENEGRO; TRAVEL; TUNISIA; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE VIRUS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84886306500     PISSN: 13866532     EISSN: 18735967     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcv.2013.08.027     Document Type: Article

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