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Between 28 June and 17 September 2018, 27 cases of human West Nile virus infections were recorded in Austria; four cases of West Nile neuroinvasive disease, 11 cases of West Nile fever, six infections detected by blood donation screening and six imported cases. In addition, 18 cases of human Usutu virus infections (all blood donors) were recorded. This is the highest number of annual infections recorded in Austria since the introduction of both viruses.

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Increase in human West Nile and Usutu virus infections, Austria, 2018
<p class="citation"> <span>Citation style for this article:</span> <span class="meta-value authors"> <a href="/search?value1=Stephan+W.+Aberle&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Aberle Stephan W.</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Jolanta+Kolodziejek&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Kolodziejek Jolanta</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Christof+Jungbauer&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Jungbauer Christof</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Karin+Stiasny&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Stiasny Karin</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Judith+H.+Aberle&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Aberle Judith H.</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Alexander+Zoufaly&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Zoufaly Alexander</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Michael+Kai+Hourfar&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Hourfar Michael Kai</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Lisa+Weidner&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Weidner Lisa</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Norbert+Nowotny&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Nowotny Norbert</a></span>. Increase in human West Nile and Usutu virus infections, Austria, 2018. <a href="/content/ecdc">Euro Surveill.</a> 2018;23(43):pii=1800545. <a href="https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2018.23.43.1800545" title="doi link" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2018.23.43.1800545</a> <span class="ES_Article_citation"> <span class="generated">Received</span>: 05 Oct 2018;&nbsp;&nbsp; <span class="generated">Accepted</span>: 24 Oct 2018 </span> </p>
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