Case report: Eastern equine encephalitis virus imported to the UK.
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.
Harvala
Heli
H
Specialist Virology Centre, Edinburgh Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh, United Kingdom. heli.simmonds@hotmail.com
Bremner
John
J
Kealey
Susan
S
Weller
Belinda
B
McLellan
Stuart
S
Lloyd
Graham
G
Staples
Erin
E
Faggian
Federica
F
Solomon
Tom
T
D000328:Adult; D000330:Aedes; D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology / Q000821:virology; D004663:Encephalitis Virus, Eastern Equine / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000502:physiology*; D020242:Encephalomyelitis, Eastern Equine / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000821:virology*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D014195:Travel; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D006113:United Kingdom; D014481:United States