1. Severe tick-borne encephalitis in a patient previously infected by West Nile virus.
- Author
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Ferenczi E, Bán E, Abrahám A, Kaposi T, Petrányi G, Berencsi G, and Vaheri A
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- Adult, Female, Humans, Hungary, Severity of Illness Index, West Nile Fever virology, Antibodies, Viral blood, Encephalitis Viruses, Tick-Borne immunology, Encephalitis Viruses, Tick-Borne pathogenicity, Encephalitis, Tick-Borne immunology, Encephalitis, Tick-Borne physiopathology, Encephalitis, Tick-Borne virology, West Nile Fever immunology, West Nile virus immunology
- Abstract
We describe severe tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) in a patient who had previously experienced West Nile fever, another flavivirus infection endemic in Hungary. Previous West Nile virus infection does not develop immunity either against TBE virus infection or the disease, and it does not mitigate its clinical course. The possibility of antibody-dependent enhancement is considered.
- Published
- 2008
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