TY - JOUR
T1 - West nile virus infection in travelers returning to United Kingdom from South Africa
AU - Parkash, Vivak
AU - Woods, Kate
AU - Kafetzopoulou, Liana
AU - Osborne, Jane
AU - Aarons, Emma
AU - Cartwright, Katharine
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2019, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). All rights reserved.
PY - 2019/2/1
Y1 - 2019/2/1
N2 - West Nile virus (WNV) is an arthropod-transmitted flavivi-rus that causes West Nile fever and may infrequently cause neuroinvasive disease in humans. We present 2 cases of confirmed WNV infection, 1 of severe encephalitis and 1 of mild febrile illness, in a couple returning to the United Kingdom from South Africa.
AB - West Nile virus (WNV) is an arthropod-transmitted flavivi-rus that causes West Nile fever and may infrequently cause neuroinvasive disease in humans. We present 2 cases of confirmed WNV infection, 1 of severe encephalitis and 1 of mild febrile illness, in a couple returning to the United Kingdom from South Africa.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85060189802&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.3201/eid2502.172101
DO - 10.3201/eid2502.172101
M3 - Letter
C2 - 30666938
AN - SCOPUS:85060189802
SN - 1080-6040
VL - 25
SP - 367
EP - 369
JO - Emerging Infectious Diseases
JF - Emerging Infectious Diseases
IS - 2
ER -
