Increase in West Nile virus infections imported to Germany in 2012.
Following the first confirmed imported West Nile virus (WNV) infection in 2011, the number of imported WNV infections to Germany increased in 2012. Two cases of West Nile neuroinvasive disease (WNND) and two cases of West Nile fever (WNF) were reported. The WNND cases were imported from Montenegro and Greece, including the first fatal case for Germany. The WNF cases were imported from Tunisia and Egypt. The cases were unambiguously confirmed according to laboratory criteria of European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC). In this report we summarize the clinical and laboratory findings in order to sensitize physicians in Germany for this imported viral disease.
Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, WHO Collaborating Centre for Arbovirus and Haemorrhagic Fever Reference and Research, Hamburg, Germany.
Martin
M
Gabriel
Petra
P
Emmerich
Christina
C
Frank
Melanie
M
Fiedler
Jassin
J
Rashidi-Alavijeh
Christoph
C
Jochum
Stephan
S
Günther
Katherina
K
Auerhammer
Hans-Jürgen
HJ
Rupprecht
Ralf-Thomas
RT
Blank
Nadine
N
Sacher
Lisa
L
Pertzborn
Klaus
K
Stark
Thomas
T
Schrauzer
Jonas
J
Schmidt-Chanasit
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D004534:Egypt; D005260:Female; D005858:Germany / Q000453:epidemiology; D006115:Greece; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D054548:Montenegro; D014195:Travel; D014416:Tunisia; D014901:West Nile Fever / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000473:pathology; D014902:West Nile virus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D055815:Young Adult
Arbovirus; Egypt; Greece; Montenegro; Mosquito; Tunisia; West Nile fever; West Nile virus