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. 2020 Nov;25(46):2001904.
doi: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2020.25.46.2001904.

First autochthonous human West Nile virus infections in the Netherlands, July to August 2020

Danique Rm Vlaskamp  1   2 , Steven Ft Thijsen  2   3 , Johan Reimerink  2   4 , Pieter Hilkens  1 , Willem H Bouvy  5 , Sabine E Bantjes  4 , Bart Jm Vlaminckx  6 , Hans Zaaijer  7 , Hans Htc van den Kerkhof  4 , Stijn Fh Raven  2   4   8 , Chantal Bem Reusken  2   4
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First autochthonous human West Nile virus infections in the Netherlands, July to August 2020

Danique Rm Vlaskamp et al. Euro Surveill. 2020 Nov.

Abstract

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.

Keywords: WNF; WNND; West Nile virus; blood safety; meningitis; the Netherlands; zoonoses.

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