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Emergence of West Nile virus infections in humans in Turkey, 2010 to 2011.
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Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin [Euro Surveill] 2012 May 24; Vol. 17 (21). Date of Electronic Publication: 2012 May 24. - Publication Year :
- 2012
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Abstract
- In 2010, 47 human cases of West Nile virus (WNV)infection, including 12 laboratory-confirmed and 35 probable cases, were identified in Turkey. These were the first cases detected during routine surveillance.The patients were from 15 provinces, mainly located in the western part of the country. Incidence was 0.19/100,000 with a maximum of 1.39 in Sakarya province.Forty of the total 47 cases showed neuroinvasive manifestation. Median age was 58 years with a range of four to 86. Ten of the patients died. Enhanced surveillance in humans and animals and mosquito control measures were implemented. The WNV infections were included in the national notifiable diseases list as of April 2011. In 2011, three probable and two confirmed cases of WNV infection were diagnosed in provinces where infections had been detected in the previous year, supporting a lower activity than 2010. However,detection of WNV infections in humans in 2010 and 2011 consecutively, may indicate that WNV has become endemic in the western part of Turkey. Field epidemiological studies were undertaken to understand more about the nature of infection in Turkey.
- Subjects :
- Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Algorithms
Animals
Child
Child, Preschool
Clinical Laboratory Techniques
Disease Notification standards
Encephalitis diagnosis
Encephalitis etiology
Endemic Diseases statistics & numerical data
Hospitalization statistics & numerical data
Hospitalization trends
Humans
Infection Control
Insect Vectors
Middle Aged
Mosquito Control
Risk Factors
Seroepidemiologic Studies
Travel
Turkey epidemiology
West Nile Fever diagnosis
West Nile Fever microbiology
Communicable Diseases, Emerging epidemiology
Population Surveillance
West Nile Fever epidemiology
West Nile virus immunology
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1560-7917
- Volume :
- 17
- Issue :
- 21
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 22687827