1. Tickborne encephalitis, southwestern France.
- Author
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Herpe B, Schuffenecker I, Pillot J, Malvy D, Clouzeau B, Bui N, Vargas F, Gruson D, Zeller H, Lafon ME, Fleury H, and Hilbert G
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- Aged, Animals, Diagnosis, Differential, Encephalitis Viruses, Tick-Borne isolation & purification, Encephalitis, Tick-Borne diagnosis, Encephalitis, Tick-Borne pathology, France epidemiology, Humans, Male, Antibodies, Viral blood, Antibodies, Viral cerebrospinal fluid, Encephalitis Viruses, Tick-Borne immunology, Encephalitis, Tick-Borne epidemiology
- Abstract
We report an autochthonous human case of tickborne encephalitis (TBE) in the Bordeaux area, southwestern France. The patient was a farmer who had severe encephalomyelitis. ELISA and neutralization assay of serum and cerebrospinal fluid established the diagnosis. This potential new endemic focus for TBE virus should be further investigated.
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- 2007
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