West Nile encephalitis outbreak in Kerala, India, 2011

Highlights • Outbreak of acute encephalitis syndrome with unusual features. • The outbreak was detected by JE and WN Mac ELISA and Neutralization test. • West Nile virus was isolated from the clinical samples. • The virus belongs to lineage I and closely related to Russian strain. • First report of...

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Published in:Journal of clinical virology 2014-09, Vol.61 (1), p.152-155
Main Authors: Anukumar, B, Sapkal, Gajanan N, Tandale, Babasheb V, Balasubramanian, R, Gangale, Daya
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Acute encephalitis syndrome
Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Allergy and Immunology
Antibodies, Neutralizing - blood
Antibodies, Viral - blood
Cerebrospinal Fluid - virology
Child
Child, Preschool
Cluster Analysis
Disease outbreak
Disease Outbreaks
Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
Female
Flavivirus
Humans
Immunoglobulin M - blood
India
India - epidemiology
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Infectious Disease
Kerala
Lineage I West Nile virus
Male
Middle Aged
Phylogeny
Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
RNA, Viral - genetics
RNA, Viral - isolation & purification
Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
Viral Envelope Proteins - genetics
Viremia
West Nile Fever - epidemiology
West Nile virus
West Nile virus - immunology
West Nile virus - isolation & purification
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Summary:Highlights • Outbreak of acute encephalitis syndrome with unusual features. • The outbreak was detected by JE and WN Mac ELISA and Neutralization test. • West Nile virus was isolated from the clinical samples. • The virus belongs to lineage I and closely related to Russian strain. • First report of isolation of WNV from Kerala state.
ISSN:1386-6532
1873-5967
DOI:10.1016/j.jcv.2014.06.003