Outbreak of West Nile Virus Infection, Volgograd Region, Russia, 1999 | Zendy

Alexander E. Platonov | Zendy; German A. Shipulin | Zendy; Olga Yu. Shipulina | Zendy; Ele. Tyutyunnik | Zendy; Tatyana I. Frolochkina | Zendy; Robert S. Lanciotti | Zendy; Svetlana Yazyshina | Zendy; Olga V. Platonova | Zendy; Igor L. Obukhov | Zendy; Alexander N. Zhukov | Zendy; Yury Ya. Vengerov | Zendy; Valenin I. Pokrovskii | Zendy

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Outbreak of West Nile Virus Infection, Volgograd Region, Russia, 1999

Author(s) -

Alexander E. Platonov,

German A. Shipulin,

Olga Yu. Shipulina,

Ele. Tyutyunnik,

Tatyana I. Frolochkina,

Robert S. Lanciotti,

Svetlana Yazyshina,

Olga V. Platonova,

Igor L. Obukhov,

Alexander N. Zhukov,

Yury Ya. Vengerov,

Valenin I. Pokrovskii

Publication year - 2001

Publication title -

emerging infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.54

H-Index - 226

eISSN - 1080-6059

pISSN - 1080-6040

DOI - 10.3201/eid0701.010118

Subject(s) - meningoencephalitis , aseptic meningitis , west nile virus , virology , outbreak , meningitis , medicine , polymerase chain reaction , encephalitis , virus , biology , pediatrics , biochemistry , gene

From July 25 to October 1, 1999, 826 patients were admitted to Volgograd Region, Russia, hospitals with acute aseptic meningoencephalitis, meningitis, or fever consistent with arboviral infection. Of 84 cases of meningoencephalitis, 40 were fatal. Fourteen brain specimens were positive in reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction assays, confirming the presence of West Nile/Kunjin virus.

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