Giuseppe
Emeritus
[Source: Eurosurveillance, full page: (LINK). Abstract, edited.]
Eurosurveillance, Volume 18, Issue 35, 29 August 2013
Rapid communications
A case of Japanese encephalitis in a 20 year-old Spanish sportsman, February 2013
P Doti<SUP>1</SUP>, P Castro<SUP>1</SUP>, M J Mart?nez<SUP>2</SUP><SUP>,3</SUP>, Y Zboromyrska<SUP>2</SUP>, E Aldasoro<SUP>3</SUP>, A Inciarte<SUP>1</SUP>, A Requena<SUP>3</SUP>, J Milisenda<SUP>1</SUP>, S Fern?ndez<SUP>1</SUP>, J M Nicol?s<SUP>1</SUP>, J Mu?oz <SUP>3</SUP>
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<SUP>1) </SUP>Medical Intensive Care Unit, Hospital Cl?nic, Barcelona, Spain; 2) Department of Clinical Microbiology, Hospital Cl?nic, Barcelona, Spain; 3)Barcelona Centre for International Health Research (CRESIB, Hospital Cl?nic-Universitat de Barcelona), Barcelona, Spain
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Citation style for this article: Doti P, Castro P, Mart?nez MJ, Zboromyrska Y, Aldasoro E, Inciarte A, Requena A, Milisenda J, Fern?ndez S, Nicol?s JM, Mu?oz J. A case of Japanese encephalitis in a 20 year-old Spanish sportsman, February 2013. Euro Surveill. 2013;18(35)
ii=20573. Available online: http://www.eurosurveillance.org/ViewArticle.aspx?ArticleId=20573
Date of submission: 22 August 2013
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We report a severe case of imported Japanese encephalitis (JE) in a healthy young Spanish traveller who developed symptoms after spending three weeks in a touristic area of Thailand. The patient was diagnosed in Thailand and subsequently transferred to Barcelona, Spain, where the Thai laboratory results were confirmed based on IgM serology. Although JE is a rare disease in travellers, this case illustrates the need for seeking travel medical advice before visiting tropical countries.
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Eurosurveillance, Volume 18, Issue 35, 29 August 2013
Rapid communications
A case of Japanese encephalitis in a 20 year-old Spanish sportsman, February 2013
P Doti<SUP>1</SUP>, P Castro<SUP>1</SUP>, M J Mart?nez<SUP>2</SUP><SUP>,3</SUP>, Y Zboromyrska<SUP>2</SUP>, E Aldasoro<SUP>3</SUP>, A Inciarte<SUP>1</SUP>, A Requena<SUP>3</SUP>, J Milisenda<SUP>1</SUP>, S Fern?ndez<SUP>1</SUP>, J M Nicol?s<SUP>1</SUP>, J Mu?oz <SUP>3</SUP>
<SUP></SUP>
<SUP>1) </SUP>Medical Intensive Care Unit, Hospital Cl?nic, Barcelona, Spain; 2) Department of Clinical Microbiology, Hospital Cl?nic, Barcelona, Spain; 3)Barcelona Centre for International Health Research (CRESIB, Hospital Cl?nic-Universitat de Barcelona), Barcelona, Spain
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Citation style for this article: Doti P, Castro P, Mart?nez MJ, Zboromyrska Y, Aldasoro E, Inciarte A, Requena A, Milisenda J, Fern?ndez S, Nicol?s JM, Mu?oz J. A case of Japanese encephalitis in a 20 year-old Spanish sportsman, February 2013. Euro Surveill. 2013;18(35)
ii=20573. Available online: http://www.eurosurveillance.org/ViewArticle.aspx?ArticleId=20573 Date of submission: 22 August 2013
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We report a severe case of imported Japanese encephalitis (JE) in a healthy young Spanish traveller who developed symptoms after spending three weeks in a touristic area of Thailand. The patient was diagnosed in Thailand and subsequently transferred to Barcelona, Spain, where the Thai laboratory results were confirmed based on IgM serology. Although JE is a rare disease in travellers, this case illustrates the need for seeking travel medical advice before visiting tropical countries.
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