Skin Manifestations of West Nile Virus Infection

Vol. 211, No. 4, 2005

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Skin Manifestations of West Nile Virus Infection
P. Del Giudice^a, I. Schuffenecker^c, H. Zeller^c, M. Grelier^b, F. Vandenbos^a, P. Dellamonica^d, E. Counillon^a

^aService Infectiologie-Dermatologie et
^bLaboratoire de Biologie, Hôpital Bonnet, Fréjus,
^cCentre National de Référence des Arbovirus, Institut Pasteur, Lyon, et
^dService d'Infectiologie, Hôpital L'Archet, Nice, France

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Dermatology 2005;211:348-350 (DOI: 10.1159/000088506)

Key Words

West Nile virus
Erythema
Roseola

Abstract

West Nile virus (WNV) infection is a potentially lethal arbovirus infection. Many notable outbreaks have occurred during the last few years throughout the world, including Europe and the USA. The severity of the disease is mainly related to the neurological complications. A maculopapular exanthema is reported as a clinical sign of the disease. Recently an outbreak of WNV infection occurred in southern France. Three patients out of 6 had a similar skin roseola-like eruption. The cluster of 3 cases of similar febrile roseola of unexplained cause during the same week led to the diagnosis of the first WNV human outbreak in France for 40 years.

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Pascal del Giudice
Infectiologie-Dermatologie
Hôpital Bonnet
FR-83600 Fréjus (France)
Tel. +33 494 402 546, Fax +33 494 402 598, E-Mail del-giudice-p@chi-frejus-saint-raphael.fr

Article Information

Received: December 9, 2004
Accepted: February 18, 2005
Number of Print Pages : 3
Number of Figures : 4, Number of Tables : 0, Number of References : 16

Medline Abstract (ID 16286745)

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