West Nile Fever in the Tula region, Russian Federation

Autor: Dzagurova Tk, A. M. Butenko, V. F. Larichev, N. S. Vazhnenkova, O. I. Vasilkova, A. A Kozlova, R. A Pantykhova, V. M. Karlova
Rok vydání: 2014
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Zdroj: Epidemiology and Infectious Diseases. 19:20-25
ISSN: 2411-3026
1560-9529
DOI: 10.17816/eid40774
Popis: As a result of serological testing (MAC-ELISA, ELISA-IgG and neutralization test) 143 sera from 132 patients with acute febrile disease of unknown etiology hospitalized in summer 2012 in the hospitals of Tula, the first time in Tula and the Tula region were diagnosed 4 cases of West Nile fever. The age ofpatients was 42, 60, 62 and 64. They all got sick in August 2012. The temperature reached 39-40°C. Duration of disease from 13 to 20 days, the duration of hospitalization from 8 to17 days. Neurological symptoms were observed in two patients in the form of meningeal syndrome and encephalopathy with asthenic symptoms (in one case) and faint meningeal syndrome (in another).
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