TY - JOUR
T1 - The first human case of neuroinvasive West Nile virus infection identified in Cyprus
AU - Paphitou, Niki I.
AU - Tourvas, Aristomenis
AU - Floridou, Dora
AU - Richter, Jan
AU - Tryfonos, Christina
AU - Christodoulou, Christina
PY - 2017/11/1
Y1 - 2017/11/1
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - Cyprus
KW - Emerging diseases
KW - Neuroinvasive disease
KW - Public health
KW - West Nile virus
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85013465356&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.jiph.2017.02.003
DO - 10.1016/j.jiph.2017.02.003
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85013465356
SN - 1876-0341
VL - 10
SP - 891
EP - 893
JO - Journal of Infection and Public Health
JF - Journal of Infection and Public Health
IS - 6
ER -