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Increase in human West Nile and Usutu virus infections, Austria, 2018
- Stephan W. Aberle1,2 , Jolanta Kolodziejek2,3 , Christof Jungbauer2,4 , Karin Stiasny1 , Judith H. Aberle1 , Alexander Zoufaly5 , Michael Kai Hourfar6 , Lisa Weidner4 , Norbert Nowotny2,3,7
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View Affiliations Hide AffiliationsAffiliations: 1 Center for Virology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria 2 These authors contributed equally to this article and share first authorship 3 Viral Zoonoses, Emerging and Vector-Borne Infections Group, Institute of Virology, University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna, Vienna, Austria 4 Austrian Red Cross, Blood Service for Vienna, Lower Austria and Burgenland, Vienna, Austria 5 Department of Medicine IV, Kaiser Franz Josef Hospital, Vienna, Austria 6 German Red Cross, Blood Donor Service Baden-Württemberg-Hessen, Institute for Transfusion Medicine and Immunohaematology, Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany 7 Department of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, Mohammed Bin Rashid University of Medicine and Health Sciences, Dubai, United Arab EmiratesNorbert NowotnyNorbert.Nowotny vetmeduni.ac.at
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Citation style for this article: Aberle Stephan W., Kolodziejek Jolanta, Jungbauer Christof, Stiasny Karin, Aberle Judith H., Zoufaly Alexander, Hourfar Michael Kai, Weidner Lisa, Nowotny Norbert. Increase in human West Nile and Usutu virus infections, Austria, 2018. Euro Surveill. 2018;23(43):pii=1800545. https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2018.23.43.1800545 Received: 05 Oct 2018; Accepted: 24 Oct 2018
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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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