Outbreak of West Nile virus infection, Volgograd Region, Russia, 1999
| Autor: | O Y Shipulina, I L Obukhov, Platonova Ov, S Yazyshina, E N Tyutyunnik, Alexander E. Platonov, Y Y Vengerov, T I Frolochkina, A. N. Zhukov, R S Lanciotti, V I Pokrovskii, German A. Shipulin |
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| Rok vydání: | 2001 |
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West Nile Virus Infection
Time Factors West Nile virus Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction Outbreak Meningoencephalitis Biology medicine.disease biology.organism_classification medicine.disease_cause Virology Disease Outbreaks Russia Kunjin virus medicine Animals Humans Research article Meningitis West Nile Fever Research Article |
| Zdroj: | Emerging Infectious Diseases |
| ISSN: | 1080-6040 |
| Popis: | 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. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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