First autochthonous West Nile lineage 2 and Usutu virus infections in humans, July to October 2018, Czech Republic

0543024 - ÚBO 2022 RIV CH eng J - Journal Article
Zelená, H. - Kleinerová, J. - Šikutová, Silvie - Straková, Petra - Kocourková, H. - Stebel, R. - Husa, P. - Husa jr., P. - Tesařová, E. - Lejdarová, H. - Šebesta, O. - Juráš, P. - Ciupek, R. - Mrázek, J. - Rudolf, Ivo
First autochthonous West Nile lineage 2 and Usutu virus infections in humans, July to October 2018, Czech Republic.
Pathogens. Roč. 10, č. 6 (2021), č. článku 651. E-ISSN 2076-0817
R&D Projects: GA MZd(CZ) NV19-09-00036
Institutional support: RVO:68081766
Keywords : West Nile virus * Usutu virus * mosquito-borne infections * human
OECD category: Epidemiology
Impact factor: 4.531, year: 2021
Method of publishing: Open access
https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0817/10/6/651

We present epidemiological, clinical and laboratory findings of five Czech patients diagnosed with autochthonous mosquito-borne disease—four patients with confirmed West Nile virus (WNV) and one patient with Usutu virus (USUV) infections, from July to October 2018, including one fatal case due to WNV. This is the first documented human outbreak caused by WNV lineage 2 in the Czech Republic and the first record of a neuroinvasive human disease caused by USUV, which illustrates the simultaneous circulation of WNV and USUV in the country.
Permanent Link: http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0320335