title: Case report: Eastern equine encephalitis virus imported to the UK.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Specialist Virology Centre, Edinburgh Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh, United Kingdom. heli.simmonds@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Heli
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Harvala
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bremner
authors.forename: Susan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kealey
authors.forename: Belinda
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Weller
authors.forename: Stuart
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: McLellan
authors.forename: Graham
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Lloyd
authors.forename: Erin
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Staples
authors.forename: Federica
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Faggian
authors.forename: Tom
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Solomon
mesh_terms: 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