Eurosurveillance · 2008 · 86 citations · 1 references
Life SciencesInfectious DiseasesMicrobiologyMedical MicrobiologyNeuroinfectious DiseasesVirologyCentral Nervous System InfectionsEncephalitisViral DiagnosticsViral InfectionsWest Nile Virus InfectionZoonotic InfectionsAntibodiesHuman Neuroinvasive DiseaseMicrobiological ConfirmationNeurological Viral InfectionsRegional Reference NetworksWest Nile Virus DiseaseWest Nile Virus EncephalitisWest Nile Virus Epidemiology
On 20 September 2008, the laboratory of the Regional Reference Centre for Microbiological Emergencies (Centro di Riferimento Regionale per le Emergenze Microbiologiche, CRREM) in Bologna, reported the detection of specific IgM and IgG antibodies against West Nile virus (WNV) in the serum of a female patient in her eighties who lived in a rural area between Ferrara and Bologna, Italy.
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