A case of Japanese encephalitis in a 20 year-old Spanish sportsman, February 2013

P Doti; P Castro; M J Martínez; Y Zboromyrska; E Aldasoro; A Inciarte; A Requena-Méndez; J Milisenda; S Fernández; J M Nicolás; J Muñoz

doi:10.2807/1560-7917.ES2013.18.35.20573

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A case of Japanese encephalitis in a 20 year-old Spanish sportsman, February 2013
P Doti¹ , P Castro¹ , M J Martínez^2,3 , Y Zboromyrska² , E Aldasoro³ , A Inciarte¹ , A Requena-Méndez³ , J Milisenda¹ , S Fernández¹ , J M Nicolás¹ , J Muñoz³
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Affiliations: ¹ Medical Intensive Care Unit, Hospital Clínic, Barcelona, Spain ² Department of Clinical Microbiology, Hospital Clínic, Barcelona, Spain ³ Barcelona Centre for International Health Research (CRESIB, Hospital Clínic-Universitat de Barcelona), Barcelona, Spain

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Citation style for this article: Doti P, Castro P, Martínez M J, Zboromyrska Y, Aldasoro E, Inciarte A, Requena-Méndez A, Milisenda J, Fernández S, Nicolás J M, Muñoz J. A case of Japanese encephalitis in a 20 year-old Spanish sportsman, February 2013. Euro Surveill. 2013;18(35):pii=20573. https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES2013.18.35.20573 Received: 22 Aug 2013

Abstract

We report a severe case of imported Japanese encephalitis (JE) in a healthy young Spanish traveller who developed symptoms after spending three weeks in a touristic area of Thailand. The patient was diagnosed in Thailand and subsequently transferred to Barcelona, Spain, where the Thai laboratory results were confirmed based on IgM serology. Although JE is a rare disease in travellers, this case illustrates the need for seeking travel medical advice before visiting tropical countries.