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Usutu virus infection in a patient who underwent orthotropic liver transplantation, Italy, August-September 2009
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Usutu virus infection in a patient who underwent orthotropic liver transplantation, Italy, August-September 2009
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- Euro Surveill. 2012;17(37). pii: 20267. Gerundi, G E [corrected to Gerunda, G E]
Abstract
We report a case of Usutu virus (USUV)-related illness in a patient that underwent an orthotropic liver transplant (OLT). Post transplant, the patient developed clinical signs of a possible neuroinvasive disease with a significant loss of cerebral functions. USUV was isolated in Vero E6 cells from a plasma sample obtained immediately before the surgery, and USUV RNA was demonstrated by RT-PCR and sequencing. This report enlarges the panel of emerging mosquito-borne flavivirus-related disease in humans.
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