Tickborne encephalitis, southwestern France.
We report an autochthonous human case of tickborne encephalitis (TBE) in the Bordeaux area, southwestern France. The patient was a farmer who had severe encephalomyelitis. ELISA and neutralization assay of serum and cerebrospinal fluid established the diagnosis. This potential new endemic focus for TBE virus should be further investigated.
Herpe
Bruno
B
Division of Medical Intensive Care, University Hospital of Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France. bruno.herpe@chu-bordeaux.fr
Schuffenecker
Isabelle
I
Pillot
Jérome
J
Malvy
Denis
D
Clouzeau
Benjamin
B
Bui
Nam
N
Vargas
Frederic
F
Gruson
Didier
D
Zeller
Hervé
H
Lafon
Marie E
ME
Fleury
Hervé
H
Hilbert
Gilles
G
D000368:Aged; D000818:Animals; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000097:blood* / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004669:Encephalitis Viruses, Tick-Borne / Q000276:immunology* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D004675:Encephalitis, Tick-Borne / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000473:pathology; D005602:France / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male
D000914:Antibodies, Viral