Continued Transmission of West Nile Virus to Humans in Southeastern Romania, 1997–1998 | Zendy

C Cernescu | Zendy; NicolaeIon Nedelcu | Zendy; Grațiela Ţârdei | Zendy; Simona Ruță | Zendy; Theodore F. Tsai | Zendy

AI Assistant Blog Pricing

Home ZAIA Blog

Open Access

Continued Transmission of West Nile Virus to Humans in Southeastern Romania, 1997–1998

Author(s) -

C Cernescu,

NicolaeIon Nedelcu,

Grațiela Ţârdei,

Simona Ruță,

Theodore F. Tsai

Publication year - 2000

Publication title -

the journal of infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.69

H-Index - 252

eISSN - 1537-6613

pISSN - 0022-1899

DOI - 10.1086/315225

Subject(s) - enzootic , transmission (telecommunications) , virology , encephalitis , measles , flavivirus , etiology , virus , medicine , measles virus , vaccination , pathology , electrical engineering , engineering

After an epidemic of West Nile (WN) virus neurologic infections in southeastern Romania in 1996, human and animal surveillance were established to monitor continued transmission of the virus. During 1997 and 1998, neurologic infections were diagnosed serologically as WN encephalitis in 12 of 322 patients in 19 southeastern districts and in 1 of 75 Bucharest patients. In addition, amid a countrywide epidemic of measles, the etiology of the febrile exanthem in 2 of 180 investigated cases was determined serologically to be WN fever; 1 case was complicated by hepatitis. Sentinel chickens placed in Bucharest seroconverted to WN virus during the summer months, indicating their potential value in monitoring transmission. The continued occurrence of sporadic WN infections in southeastern Romania in consecutive years after the 1996 epidemic is consistent with local enzootic transmission of the virus.

The content you want is available to Zendy users.

Already have an account? Click here to sign in.

Having issues? You can contact us here

Accelerating Research