First autochthonous human West Nile virus infections in the Netherlands, July to August 2020.

ABSTRACT: In October 2020, the first case of autochthonous West Nile virus neuroinvasive disease was diagnosed in the Netherlands with a presumed infection in the last week of August. Investigations revealed five more cases of local West Nile virus (WNV) infection. The cases resided in a region where WNV was detected in a bird and mosquitoes in August 2020. Molecular analysis was successful for two cases and identified the presence of WNV lineage 2.

SUBMITTER: Vlaskamp DR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7678035 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature