Human Usutu Virus Infection with Atypical Neurologic Presentation, Montpellier, France, 2016

Abstract

Infection with Usutu virus (USUV) has been recently associated with neurologic disorders, such as encephalitis or meningoencephalitis, in humans. These findings indicate that USUV is a potential health threat. We report an acute human infection with USUV in France putatively associated with a clinical diagnosis of idiopathic facial paralysis.

Keywords

• Usutu virus
• USUV
• viruses
• human infections
• atypical neurologic presentation
• meningitis/encephalitis