Clinical and laboratory findings on the first imported case of Murray Valley encephalitis in Europe.

@article{Stich2003ClinicalAL,
  title={Clinical and laboratory findings on the first imported case of Murray Valley encephalitis in Europe.},
  author={August Stich and Stephan G{\"u}nther and Christian Drosten and Petra Emmerich and Dominic E. Dwyer and Linda Hueston and Wolfgang Hetzel and Armin Kirschner and Klaus Fleischer},
  journal={Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America},
  year={2003},
  volume={37 2},
  pages={
          e19-21
        }
}
  • A. Stich, S. Günther, +6 authors K. Fleischer
  • Published 15 July 2003
  • Medicine
  • Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America
Murray Valley encephalitis (MVE) is an important mosquitoborne flavivirus infection endemic to Australia and Papua New Guinea. We report the first imported case of MVE in Europe. A 23-year-old tourist developed severe encephalitis after having returned to Germany from a long-term trip across the Australian continent. The diagnosis was suspected on the basis of clinical findings and the patient's travel history and was confirmed by serological findings. The patient made a prolonged but complete… 
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