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Fatal Infection with Murray Valley Encephalitis Virus Imported from Australia to Canada, 2011

Authors :
Daniel J. Niven
Kevin Afra
Mircea Iftinca
Raymond Tellier
Kevin Fonseca
Andreas Kramer
David Safronetz
Kimberly Holloway
Michael Drebot
Andrew S. Johnson
Source :
Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol 23, Iss 2, Pp 280-283 (2017)
Publication Year :
2017
Publisher :
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2017.

Abstract

Murray Valley encephalitis virus (MVEV), a flavivirus belonging to the Japanese encephalitis serogroup, can cause severe clinical manifestations in humans. We report a fatal case of MVEV infection in a young woman who returned from Australia to Canada. The differential diagnosis for travel-associated encephalitis should include MVEV, particularly during outbreak years.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
10806040 and 10806059
Volume :
23
Issue :
2
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Emerging Infectious Diseases
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.79842e1c46d645c8b39d44f3e264849e
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2302.161161