The first human case of neuroinvasive West Nile virus infection identified in Cyprus

• Main Authors: Niki I. Paphitou (Author), Aristomenis Tourvas (Author), Dora Floridou (Author), Jan Richter (Author), Christina Tryfonos (Author), Christina Christodoulou (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2017-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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West Nile virus infection can pose a diagnostic challenge to clinicians, especially in geographic areas where human cases of this disease have never been encountered before. In August 2016, the first human case of West Nile virus infection was diagnosed in Cyprus. An elderly non immunosuppressed pat...