Outbreak of West Nile virus infection, Volgograd Region, Russia, 1999

Authors
Platonov, AE Shipulin, GA Shipulina, OY Tyutyunnik, EN Frolochkina, TI Lanciotti, RS Yazyshina, S Platonova, OV Obukhov, IL Zhukov, AN Vengerov, YY Pokrovskii, VI
Citation
Ae. Platonov et al., Outbreak of West Nile virus infection, Volgograd Region, Russia, 1999, EM INFECT D, 7(1), 2001, pp. 128-132
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Clinical Immunolgy & Infectious Disease
Journal title
EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES
ISSN journal
10806040 → ACNP
Volume
7
Issue
1
Year of publication
2001
Pages
128 - 132
Database
ISI
SICI code
1080-6040(200101/02)7:1<128:OOWNVI>2.0.ZU;2-A
Abstract
From July 25 to October 1, 1999, 826 patients were admitted to Volgograd Re gion, Russia, hospitals with acute aseptic meningoencephalitis, meningitis, or fever consistent with arboviral infection. Of 84 cases of meningoenceph alitis, 40 were fatal. Fourteen brain specimens were positive in reverse tr anscriptase-polymerase chain reaction assays, confirming the presence of We st Nile/Kunjin virus.