Fatal Case of West Nile Neuroinvasive Disease in Bulgaria.

Authors :: Baymakova, Magdalena
Trifonova, Iva
Panayotova, Elitsa
Dakova, Severina
Pacenti, Monia
Barzon, Luisa
Lavezzo, Enrico
Hristov, Yancho
Ramshev, Konstantin
Plochev, Kamen
Palu, Giorgio
Christova, Iva
Source :: Emerging Infectious Diseases. Dec2016, Vol. 22 Issue 12, p2203-2204. 2p.
Publication Year :: 2016
Abstract: The article discusses the case of fatal West Nile neuroinvasive disease in a man in Bulgaria caused by West Nile virus (WNV) is a mosquitoborne flavivirus. A 69-year-old man was admitted to the Emergency Center, Military Medical Academy in Bulgaria on August, 2015, due to fever, headache, hand tremor, muscle weakness. This case of WNV infection provides evidence of WNV lineage 2 circulation in Bulgaria and confirms spread of this lineage in Europe.