First cases of human Usutu virus neuroinvasive infection in Croatia, August–September 2013: clinical and laboratory features

Journal of NeuroVirology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 92-97

  Santini, Marija ^a,b   Vilibic Cavlek, Tatjana ^b,c   Barsic, Bruno ^a,b   Barbic, Ljubo ^b   Savic, Vladimir ^d   Stevanovic, Vladimir ^b   Listes, Eddy ^d   Di Gennaro, Annapia ^e   Savini, Giovanni ^e  

^a Croatia   (Croatia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^c CROATIAN NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Croatia)

^d CROATIAN VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Croatia)

^e ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DELL ABRUZZO E DEL MOLISE G CAPORALE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Croatia; Humans; Neuroinvasive disease; Usutu virus

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ACICLOVIR; AMPICILLIN; CEFTRIAXONE; IBUPROFEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; PARACETAMOL; PROTEIN; NEUTRALIZING ANTIBODY; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; COMORBIDITY; CROATIA; DECLARATIVE MEMORY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIPLOPIA; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISORIENTATION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DYSMETRIA; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FEVER; FLAVIVIRUS; FLAVIVIRUS INFECTION; HAND TREMOR; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERREFLEXIA; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MENINGITIS; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; MIDDLE AGED; NAUSEA; NECK PAIN; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; ONSET AGE; PERMANENT ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PLEOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROCONVERSION; SOMNOLENCE; SPEECH DISORDER; STIFF NECK; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TREMOR; USUTU VIRUS; VOMITING; BLOOD; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENCEPHALITIS, ARBOVIRUS; EPIDEMIC; FLAVIVIRUS INFECTIONS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; JAPANESE ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; VIROLOGY; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE VIRUS;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, NEUTRALIZING; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CROATIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENCEPHALITIS VIRUSES, JAPANESE; ENCEPHALITIS, ARBOVIRUS; FEMALE; FLAVIVIRUS INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; MIDDLE AGED; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 84925533193     PISSN: 13550284     EISSN: 15382443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13365-014-0300-4     Document Type: Article

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