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Human case of autochthonous West Nile virus lineage 2 infection in Italy, September 2011

2011; European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control; Volume: 16; Issue: 43 Linguagem: Inglês

10.2807/ese.16.43.20002-en

1560-7917

Maria Carla Re, Katia Marinelli, D Trotta, Alessia Monachetti, Marcello Tavio, Romana del Gobbo, Maria Rosaria Capobianchi, Stefano Menzo, Loredana Nicoletti, Fabio Magurano, Pietro E. Varaldo,

Malaria Research and Control

On 10 September 2011, a patient in his 50s was admitted to hospital in Ancona, Italy, after six days of high fever and no response to antibiotics. West Nile virus (WNV) infection was suspected after tests to determine the aetiology of the fever were inconclusive. On 20 September, WNV-specific IgM and IgG antibodies were detected in the patient’s serum. Genomic sequencing of the viral isolate showed that the virus belonged to WNV lineage 2.