[West Nile virus infections in children].
West Nile Virus infection is an arbovirosis accidentally transmitted to humans from an aviary reservoir via an infected mosquito. Though a French surveillance network set up in 2001 reports low circulation in France, the virus is endemic in other territories. Approximately 80% of infected children remain asymptomatic, fever is seen in 20%, and very few develop a severe neurological disease in the patient's blood or spinal fluid. Treatment remains essentially symptomatic though new specific antiviral treatments and human immunization are currently being developed.
Guyon
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Service des Urgences Pédiatriques, Hôpital Lapeyronie, CHU montpellier. g-guyon@chu-montpellier.fr
Ladet
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Maestracci
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Jeziorski
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Foulongne
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Rodière
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D000818:Animals; D000914:Antibodies, Viral; D001717:Birds / Q000821:virology; D002648:Child; D004197:Disease Reservoirs; D018177:Flavivirus Infections / Q000635:transmission; D005602:France / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D007303:Insect Vectors / Q000821:virology; D014901:West Nile Fever / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000276:immunology / Q000635:transmission; D014902:West Nile virus / Q000472:pathogenicity*
D000914:Antibodies, Viral