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Human case of West Nile neuroinvasive disease in Portugal, summer 2015
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View Affiliations Hide AffiliationsLíbia Maria Marques Zé-Zélibia.zeze insa.min-saude.pt
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Citation style for this article: . Human case of West Nile neuroinvasive disease in Portugal, summer 2015. Euro Surveill. 2015;20(38):pii=30024. https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2015.20.38.30024 Received: 15 Sept 2015; Accepted: 24 Sept 2015
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Abstract
A case of West Nile virus (WNV) infection was reported in the Algarve region, Portugal, in the first week of September 2015. WNV is known to circulate in Portugal, with occasional reports in horses and birds (2004 to 2011) and very sporadically human cases (in 2004 and in 2010). Here we present the clinical and laboratory aspects related to the first human case of West Nile neuroinvasive disease reported in Portugal.

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