title: Human case of autochthonous West Nile virus lineage 2 infection in Italy, September 2011.
abstract: On 10 September 2011, a patient in his 50s was admitted to hospital in Ancona, Italy, after six days of high fever and no response to antibiotics. West Nile virus (WNV) infection was suspected after tests to determine the aetiology of the fever were inconclusive. On 20 September, WNV-specific IgM and IgG antibodies were detected in the patient’s serum. Genomic sequencing of the viral isolate showed that the virus belonged to WNV lineage 2.
authors.affiliation: Universita Politecnica Marche, Virology Unit, Department of Biomedical Sciences and Public Health, Ancona, Italy. p.bagnarelli@univpm.it
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bagnarelli
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Marinelli
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Trotta
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Monachetti
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tavio
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Del Gobbo
authors.forename: Mr
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Capobianchi
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Menzo
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Nicoletti
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Magurano
authors.forename: Pe
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Varaldo
mesh_terms: D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000097:blood; D016679:Genome, Viral; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012367:RNA, Viral / Q000032:analysis; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D014901:West Nile Fever / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014902:West Nile virus / Q000235:genetics* / Q000276:immunology / Q000302:isolation & purification
chemical_list: D000914:Antibodies, Viral; D012367:RNA, Viral