First documented case of imported tick-borne encephalitis in Australia

0392767 - BC 2014 RIV JP eng J - Journal Article
Chaunhuri, A. - Růžek, Daniel
First documented case of imported tick-borne encephalitis in Australia.
Internal Medicine Journal. Roč. 43, č. 1 (2013), s. 93-96. ISSN 0918-2918. E-ISSN 1349-7235
R&D Projects: GA ČR GPP302/10/P438; GA ČR GAP502/11/2116
Institutional support: RVO:60077344
Keywords : tick-borne encephalitis virus * viral encephalitis * travel medicine * flavivirus
Subject RIV: FN - Epidemiology, Contagious Diseases ; Clinical Immunology
Impact factor: 0.967, year: 2013
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/imj.12017/pdf

We report a case of tick-borne encephalitis that has not been described before in Australia. The patient was a returned traveller from Russia who had typical manifestations of this infection. Clinical diagnosis was elusive because of the peculiar biphasic nature of the illness and its rarity in Australia. Laboratory diagnosis was also challenging and required testing at a reference laboratory in the Czech Republic because of the unavailability of specific assays in Australia. This report aims to make physicians from non-endemic regions aware that tick-borne encephalitis can be imported and to familiarise them with its clinical course.
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