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West Nile neuroinvasive disease. Report of four cases in Northern Greece, 2018
Author(s) -
Papagiannis Ioannis,
Tsolaki Magda,
Kiryttopoulos Andreas,
Antoniadi Eleni,
Kyriakogianni Chrysanthi,
Fotiou Dimitrios,
Notas Konstantinos,
Liougka Evangelia,
Myrou Athina,
Hatzitolios Apostolos,
Haloudis Pantelis,
Papaioannou Maria,
Spilioti Martha,
Papa Anna,
Tegos Thomas
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of medical virology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.782
H-Index - 121
eISSN - 1096-9071
pISSN - 0146-6615
DOI - 10.1002/jmv.25739
Subject(s) - west nile virus , virology , encephalitis , meningitis , arbovirus , etiology , flavivirus , transmission (telecommunications) , disease , meningoencephalitis , medicine , virus , pediatrics , biology , pathology , electrical engineering , engineering
West Nile virus (WNV) is a mosquito‐borne RNA flavivirus which caused several epidemics worldwide. The year 2018 was a WNV record year for Europe, including Greece, with earlier and longer transmission season with higher than the previous number of cases. It has been proposed that some simple biochemical markers may be helpful for the recognition of WNV neuroinvasive disease, its differential from other neurological infectious diseases and prognosis. We describe four cases that suffered from WNV meningitis and/or encephalitis hospitalized in 2018 in a tertiary hospital in Thessaloniki, Greece, and investigate the importance of simple biomarkers for the recognition of WNV etiology.