West Nile virus infection after cardiac transplantation.
West Nile virus is a mosquito-borne RNA Flavivirus infection transmitted to humans and other vertebrates, mainly by the Culex species of mosquito. Since the mid-1990s, the frequency and apparent clinical severity of West Nile virus outbreaks have increased. We report the case of a patient who developed West Nile virus encephalitis shortly after undergoing cardiac transplantation. Clinicians should be aware of the possibility of West Nile virus infection in transplant recipients and in patients receiving blood transfusions.
Murtagh
Blaithnead
B
Department of Cardiology, Texas Heart Institute and St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital, Houston, Texas 77225-0345, USA.
Wadia
Yasmin
Y
Messner
Greg
G
Allison
Paul
P
Harati
Yadollah
Y
Delgado
Reynolds
R
D016027:Heart Transplantation; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D065227:Transfusion Reaction; D014901:West Nile Fever / Q000209:etiology*