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In October 2020, the first case of autochthonous West Nile virus neuroinvasive disease was diagnosed in the Netherlands with a presumed infection in the last week of August. Investigations revealed five more cases of local West Nile virus (WNV) infection. The cases resided in a region where WNV was detected in a bird and mosquitoes in August 2020. Molecular analysis was successful for two cases and identified the presence of WNV lineage 2.

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First autochthonous human West Nile virus infections in the Netherlands, July to August 2020
<p class="citation"> <span>Citation style for this article:</span> <span class="meta-value authors"> <a href="/search?value1=Danique+RM+Vlaskamp&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Vlaskamp Danique RM</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Steven+FT+Thijsen&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Thijsen Steven FT</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Johan+Reimerink&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Reimerink Johan</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Pieter+Hilkens&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Hilkens Pieter</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Willem+H+Bouvy&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Bouvy Willem H</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Sabine+E+Bantjes&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Bantjes Sabine E</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Bart+JM+Vlaminckx&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Vlaminckx Bart JM</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Hans+Zaaijer&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Zaaijer Hans</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Hans+HTC+van+den+Kerkhof&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">van den Kerkhof Hans HTC</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Stijn+FH+Raven&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Raven Stijn FH</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Chantal+BEM+Reusken&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Reusken Chantal BEM</a></span>. First autochthonous human West Nile virus infections in the Netherlands, July to August 2020. <a href="/content/ecdc">Euro Surveill.</a> 2020;25(46):pii=2001904. <a href="https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2020.25.46.2001904" title="doi link" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2020.25.46.2001904</a> <span class="ES_Article_citation"> <span class="generated">Received</span>: 08 Nov 2020;&nbsp;&nbsp; <span class="generated">Accepted</span>: 19 Nov 2020 </span> </p>
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