Case report: Eastern equine encephalitis virus imported to the UK

Heli Harvala; John Bremner; Susan Kealey; Belinda Weller; Stuart McLellan; Graham Lloyd; Erin Staples; Federica Faggian; Tom Solomon

doi:10.1002/jmv.21379

Case report: Eastern equine encephalitis virus imported to the UK

Heli Harvala^*, John Bremner, Susan Kealey, Belinda Weller, Stuart McLellan, Graham Lloyd, Erin Staples, Federica Faggian, Tom Solomon

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Abstract

Eastern equine encephalitis (EEE) is rare, but the most severe of the mosquito-borne encephalitides in the United States with a high case fatality rate of 30%. Here, we present a patient with EEE. EEE virus causes sporadic human disease in the Eastern parts of the United States, but the case we describe was a Scottish tourist who acquired the disease from mosquito bites while in holiday in the United States. This is a first report of an imported case to Europe.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	305-308
Number of pages	4
Journal	Journal of Medical Virology
Volume	81
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/jmv.21379
Publication status	Published - Feb 2009

Keywords

Arbovirus
Eastern equine encephalitis virus
Encephalitis
Mosquito bite
Travelling

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