Autochthonous West Nile virus infection outbreak in humans, Leipzig, Germany, August to September 2020.

Authors :: Pietsch C
Michalski D
Münch J
Petros S
Bergs S
Trawinski H
Lübbert C
Liebert UG
Source :: Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin [Euro Surveill] 2020 Nov; Vol. 25 (46).
Publication Year :: 2020
Abstract: Following a distinct summer heat wave, nine autochthonous cases of West Nile fever and West Nile neuroinvasive disease, including one fatality, were observed in Leipzig, Germany, in August and September 2020. Phylogenetic analysis demonstrated close relationships in viruses from humans, animals and mosquitos in eastern Germany, obtained during the preceding 2 years. The described large cluster of autochthonous West Nile virus infections in Germany indicates endemic seasonal circulation of lineage 2 viruses in the area.

Subjects :: Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Child
Germany epidemiology
Humans
Middle Aged
Phylogeny
West Nile virus genetics
Young Adult
Disease Outbreaks
West Nile Fever epidemiology

Language :: English
ISSN :: 1560-7917
Volume :: 25
Issue :: 46
Database :: MEDLINE
Journal :: Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin
Publication Type :: Academic Journal
Accession number :: 33213686
Full Text :: https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2020.25.46.2001786

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