| Literature DB >> 28233724 |
Niki I Paphitou1, Aristomenis Tourvas2, Dora Floridou3, Jan Richter4, Christina Tryfonos5, Christina Christodoulou6.
Abstract
West Nile virus infection can pose a diagnostic challenge to clinicians, especially in geographic areas where human cases of this disease have never been encountered before. In August 2016, the first human case of West Nile virus infection was diagnosed in Cyprus. An elderly non immunosuppressed patient with a history of recent travel, presented with a clinical picture of rapidly progressing ascending paralysis mimicking Guillain-Barré syndrome. Neuroinvasive West Nile virus disease was diagnosed by detecting West Nile virus nucleic acid in the patient's cerebrospinal fluid. Public health measures were taken raising awareness regarding this disease and its prevention. Clinical vigilance to consider West Nile virus as a possible emerging pathogen in the appropriate clinical setting is warranted and could benefit individual patients.Entities:
Keywords: Cyprus; Emerging diseases; Neuroinvasive disease; Public health; West Nile virus
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Year: 2017 PMID： 28233724 DOI： 10.1016/j.jiph.2017.02.003
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Infect Public Health ISSN： 1876-0341 Impact factor: 3.718