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Eurosurveillance, Volume 21, Issue 33, 18 August 2016
Rapid communication
First human case of tick-borne encephalitis virus infection acquired in the Netherlands, July 2016
JA de Graaf 1 , JHJ Reimerink 2 , GP Voorn 3 4 , EA bij de Vaate 5 , A de Vries 2 , B Rockx 2 , A Schuitemaker 1 , V Hira 4
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1. Department of Neurology, Zuwe Hofpoort Hospital, Woerden, The Netherlands
2. National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Bilthoven, The Netherlands
3. Department of Medical Microbiology, Zuwe Hofpoort Hospital, Woerden, The Netherlands
4. Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, St. Antonius Hospital, Nieuwegein, The Netherlands
5. Department of Internal Medicine, Zuwe Hofpoort Hospital, Woerden, The Netherlands
Correspondence: Vishal Hira (v.hira@antoniusziekenhuis.nl)
Citation style for this article: de Graaf JA, Reimerink JHJ, Voorn GP, bij de Vaate EA, de Vries A, Rockx B, Schuitemaker A, Hira V. First human case of tick-borne encephalitis virus infection acquired in the Netherlands, July 2016. Euro Surveill. 2016;21(33):pii=30318. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2016.21.33.30318
Received:20 July 2016; Accepted:11 August 2016
In July 2016, the first autochthonous case of tick-borne encephalitis was diagnosed in the Netherlands, five days after a report that tick-borne encephalitis virus (TBEV) had been found in Dutch ticks. A person in their 60s without recent travel history suffered from neurological symptoms after a tick bite. TBEV serology was positive and the tick was positive in TBEV qRT-PCR. TBEV infection should be considered in patients with compatible symptoms in the Netherlands.
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Rapid communication
First human case of tick-borne encephalitis virus infection acquired in the Netherlands, July 2016
JA de Graaf 1 , JHJ Reimerink 2 , GP Voorn 3 4 , EA bij de Vaate 5 , A de Vries 2 , B Rockx 2 , A Schuitemaker 1 , V Hira 4
+ Author affiliations
1. Department of Neurology, Zuwe Hofpoort Hospital, Woerden, The Netherlands
2. National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Bilthoven, The Netherlands
3. Department of Medical Microbiology, Zuwe Hofpoort Hospital, Woerden, The Netherlands
4. Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, St. Antonius Hospital, Nieuwegein, The Netherlands
5. Department of Internal Medicine, Zuwe Hofpoort Hospital, Woerden, The Netherlands
Correspondence: Vishal Hira (v.hira@antoniusziekenhuis.nl)
Citation style for this article: de Graaf JA, Reimerink JHJ, Voorn GP, bij de Vaate EA, de Vries A, Rockx B, Schuitemaker A, Hira V. First human case of tick-borne encephalitis virus infection acquired in the Netherlands, July 2016. Euro Surveill. 2016;21(33):pii=30318. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2016.21.33.30318
Received:20 July 2016; Accepted:11 August 2016
In July 2016, the first autochthonous case of tick-borne encephalitis was diagnosed in the Netherlands, five days after a report that tick-borne encephalitis virus (TBEV) had been found in Dutch ticks. A person in their 60s without recent travel history suffered from neurological symptoms after a tick bite. TBEV serology was positive and the tick was positive in TBEV qRT-PCR. TBEV infection should be considered in patients with compatible symptoms in the Netherlands.
full article