Acta clinica Croatica, Vol. 58. No. 3., 2019.
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https://doi.org/10.20471/acc.2019.58.03.21
West Nile Virus Infection with Neurological Disorders: A Case Report and a Brief Review of the Situation in Bulgaria
Magdalena Baymakova
orcid.org/0000-0002-2631-0563
; Department of Infectious Diseases, Military Medical Academy, Sofia, Bulgaria
Iva Christova
; Department of Microbiology, National Center of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases, Sofia, Bulgaria
Elitsa Panayotova
; Department of Microbiology, National Center of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases, Sofia, Bulgaria
Iva Trifonova
; Department of Microbiology, National Center of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases, Sofia, Bulgaria
Aleksandar Chobanov
; Emergency Center, Military Medical Academy, Sofia, Bulgaria
Ivaylo Daskalov
; Emergency Center, Military Medical Academy, Sofia, Bulgaria
Georgi T. Popov
; Department of Infectious Diseases, Military Medical Academy, Sofia, Bulgaria
Kamen Plochev
; Department of Infectious Diseases, Military Medical Academy, Sofia, Bulgaria
Abstract
A case of a 66-year-old man with West Nile neuroinvassive disease manifested with fever, weakness, fa-tigue, consciousness disorders and underlying diabetes mellitus type 2 and cardiovascular diseases is pre-sented. Laboratory data showed elevated erythrocyte sedimentation rate and fibrinogen. Serological tests revealed West Nile virus specific antibodies of class IgM and IgG in serum. West Nile virus RNA was de-tected in urine sample. Supportive therapy was applied.
Keywords
West Nile virus; West Nile fever; Antibodies; RNA, Viral; Nervous system diseases; Case re-ports; Bulgaria
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230281
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Publication date:
1.9.2019.
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