title: Retrospective diagnosis of West Nile virus infection in a patient with meningoencephalitis in Tuscany, Italy.
abstract: We report a case of West Nile virus (WNV) infection in a symptomatic woman living in Tuscany in 2007. A retrospective analysis on cerebrospinal fluids drawn from people affected by neurological diseases with unknown etiology allowed the identification of a case of WNV infection before the WNV outbreak in the Northeast Italy in 2008. This emphasizes the importance of maintaining a high level of epidemiological surveillance all over the Italian territory.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biotechnologies-Section of Microbiology, University of Siena, Italy. cusi@unisi.it
authors.forename: Maria Grazia
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Cusi
authors.forename: Alberto
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Roggi
authors.forename: Chiara
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Terrosi
authors.forename: Gianni
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gori Savellini
authors.forename: Mario
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Toti
mesh_terms: D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000032:analysis; D017931:DNA Primers; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D008590:Meningoencephalitis / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid* / Q000821:virology*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014901:West Nile Fever / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid*; D014902:West Nile virus / Q000276:immunology / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D000914:Antibodies, Viral; D017931:DNA Primers