Murgue B, Murri S, Zientara S, Durand B, Durand J P, Zeller H
Centre National de Référence des Arbovirus et des Fièvres Hémorragiques Virales, Institut Pasteur-25, rue du Dr-Roux, 75724 Paris cedex 15, France.
Emerg Infect Dis. 2001 Jul-Aug;7(4):692-6. doi: 10.3201/eid0704.010417.
On September 6, 2000, two cases of equine encephalitis caused by West Nile (WN) virus were reported in southern France (Hérault Province), near Camargue National Park, where a WN outbreak occurred in 1962. Through November 30, 76 cases were laboratory confirmed among 131 equines with neurologic disorders. The last confirmed case was on November 3, 2000. All but three cases were located in a region nicknamed "la petite Camargue," which has several large marshes, numerous colonies of migratory and resident birds, and large mosquito populations. No human case has been confirmed among clinically suspected patients, nor have abnormal deaths of birds been reported. A serosurvey has been undertaken in horses in the infected area, and other studies are in progress.
2000年9月6日,法国南部(埃罗省)靠近卡马尔格国家公园的地区报告了两例由西尼罗河(WN)病毒引起的马脑炎病例,该公园曾于1962年爆发过西尼罗河疫情。截至11月30日,在131匹出现神经功能障碍的马匹中,有76例经实验室确诊。最后一例确诊病例发生在2000年11月3日。除三例病例外,所有病例均位于一个绰号为“小卡马尔格”的地区,该地区有几处大型沼泽、众多候鸟和留鸟栖息地以及大量蚊子。临床上疑似感染的患者中未确诊有人感染病例,也未报告鸟类异常死亡情况。已在感染地区的马匹中进行了血清学调查,其他研究也在进行中。