First human case of West Nile virus neuroinvasive infection in Italy, September 2008 – case report

G Rossini; F Cavrini; A Pierro; P Macini; A C Finarelli; C Po; G Peroni; A Di Caro; M R Capobianchi; L Nicoletti; M P Landini; V Sambri

doi:10.2807/ese.13.41.19002-en

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First human case of West Nile virus neuroinvasive infection in Italy, September 2008 – case report
G Rossini¹ , F Cavrini¹ , A Pierro¹ , P Macini² , A C Finarelli² , C Po² , G Peroni³ , A Di Caro⁴ , M R Capobianchi⁴ , L Nicoletti⁵ , M P Landini¹ , V Sambri¹
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Affiliations: ¹ Centro di Riferimento Regionale per le Emergenze Microbiologiche (Regional Reference Centre for Microbiological Emergencies - CRREM), Microbiology Unit, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna, Policlinico S.Orsola-Malpighi, Bologna, Italy ² Servizio di Sanità Pubblica (Public Health Service), Regione Emilia Romagna, Bologna, Italy ³ Department of Public Health, Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale di Imola, Imola, Italy ⁴ Istituto Nazionale Malattie Infettive (National Institute of Infectious Diseases) "L. Spallanzani", Rome, Italy ⁵ Istituto Superiore di Sanità (National Institute of Health, ISS), Rome, Italy

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Citation style for this article: Rossini G, Cavrini F, Pierro A, Macini P, Finarelli A C, Po C, Peroni G, Di Caro A, Capobianchi M R, Nicoletti L, Landini M P, Sambri V. First human case of West Nile virus neuroinvasive infection in Italy, September 2008 – case report. Euro Surveill. 2008;13(41):pii=19002. https://doi.org/10.2807/ese.13.41.19002-en Received: 02 Oct 2008

Abstract

On 20 September 2008, the laboratory of the Regional Reference Centre for Microbiological Emergencies (Centro di Riferimento Regionale per le Emergenze Microbiologiche, CRREM) in Bologna, reported the detection of specific IgM and IgG antibodies against West Nile virus (WNV) in the serum of a female patient in her eighties who lived in a rural area between Ferrara and Bologna, Italy.