title: Skin manifestations of West Nile virus infection.
abstract: West Nile virus (WNV) infection is a potentially lethal arbovirus infection. Many notable outbreaks have occurred during the last few years throughout the world, including Europe and the USA. The severity of the disease is mainly related to the neurological complications. A maculopapular exanthema is reported as a clinical sign of the disease. Recently an outbreak of WNV infection occurred in southern France. Three patients out of 6 had a similar skin roseola-like eruption. The cluster of 3 cases of similar febrile roseola of unexplained cause during the same week led to the diagnosis of the first WNV human outbreak in France for 40 years.
authors.affiliation: Service Infectiologie-Dermatologie, Hôpital Bonnet, Fréjus, France. del-giudice-p@chi-frejus-saint-raphael.fr
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Del Giudice
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Schuffenecker
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zeller
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Grelier
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Vandenbos
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Dellamonica
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Counillon
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005076:Exanthema / Q000821:virology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012698:Serologic Tests; D017193:Skin Diseases, Viral / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014901:West Nile Fever / Q000175:diagnosis*