Emerging Infectious Diseases (Feb 2001)

Outbreak of West Nile Virus Infection, Volgograd Region, Russia, 1999

  • Alexander E. Platonov,
  • German A. Shipulin,
  • Olga Yu. Shipulina,
  • Elena N. Tyutyunnik,
  • Tatyana I. Frolochkina,
  • Robert S. Lanciotti,
  • Svetlana Yazyshina,
  • Olga V. Platonova,
  • Igor L. Obukhov,
  • Alexander N. Zhukov,
  • Yury Ya. Vengerov,
  • Valenin I. Pokrovskii

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid0701.700128
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 128 – 132

Abstract

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From July 25 to October 1, 1999, 826 patients were admitted to Volgograd Region, Russia, hospitals with acute aseptic meningoencephalitis, meningitis, or fever consistent with arboviral infection. Of 84 cases of meningoencephalitis, 40 were fatal. Fourteen brain specimens were positive in reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction assays, confirming the presence of West Nile/Kunjin virus.

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