West Nile virus infections in Hungary, August–September 2008

K Krisztalovics; E Ferenczi; Z Molnár; Á Csohán; E Bán; V Zöldi; K Kaszás

doi:10.2807/ese.13.45.19030-en

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West Nile virus infections in Hungary, August–September 2008
K Krisztalovics¹ , E Ferenczi¹ , Z Molnár¹ , Á Csohán¹ , E Bán¹ , V Zöldi¹ , K Kaszás¹
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Affiliations: ¹ Országos Epidemiológiai Központ (National Centre for Epidemiology), Budapest, Hungary

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K Krisztalovics
krisztalovics.katalin oek.antsz.hu
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Citation style for this article: Krisztalovics K, Ferenczi E, Molnár Z, Csohán Á, Bán E, Zöldi V, Kaszás K. West Nile virus infections in Hungary, August–September 2008. Euro Surveill. 2008;13(45):pii=19030. https://doi.org/10.2807/ese.13.45.19030-en Received: 27 Oct 2008

Abstract

Between 2003 and 2007, a yearly average of six cases of West Nile virus neuroinvasive infection were diagnosed in Hungary. In 2008, 14 cases have been confirmed by the end of October. In contrast with previous years the infection has now appeared also in the north-western part of the country which is endemic for tick-borne encephalitis.