title: Japanese encephalitis in Western Europe.
abstract: Japanese encephalitis is the leading cause of viral encephalitis in Asia. In Western Europe, however, Japanese encephalitis has not been reported so far. We report on a 59-year-old German woman with typical neurological symptoms and clinical presentation 8 days after a journey to northern China. The case report summarizes the patient's clinical course as well as pathological findings in blood samples, the cerebro-spinal fluid, MRI scans, and EEGs.
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Cardiology, University of Lübeck, Ratzeburger Allee 160, 23538 Lübeck, Germany. michael.reppel@uk-sh.de
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Reppel
authors.forename: Luise
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Landreh
authors.forename: Stefan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gottschalk
authors.forename: Heribert
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Schunkert
authors.forename: Volkhard
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Kurowski
authors.forename: Günter
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Seidel
mesh_terms: D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000821:virology*; D004279:DNA, Viral / Q000302:isolation & purification; D004569:Electroencephalography; D004664:Encephalitis Virus, Japanese / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D004672:Encephalitis, Japanese / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D005060:Europe; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007075:Immunoglobulin M / Q000097:blood; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction
chemical_list: D004279:DNA, Viral; D007075:Immunoglobulin M