Musso M, Galati V, Stella M C, Capone A
2nd Division of Infectious Diseases, National Institute for Infectious Diseases "L. Spallanzani", IRCCS, Italy.
2nd Division of Infectious Diseases, National Institute for Infectious Diseases "L. Spallanzani", IRCCS, Italy.
J Clin Virol. 2015 May;66:12-4. doi: 10.1016/j.jcv.2015.02.019. Epub 2015 Feb 26.
Alkhumra virus (ALKV) is an emerging tick-borne flavivirus known to cause a neglected tropical disease in the Middle East. The magnitude of the disease among European returning travelers is still unknown probably because the inadequate knowledge about the real geographic distribution of ALKV infection have limited its diagnosis. Up to now in Italy were reported only three cases; here we report the fourth case of ALKV in a returning traveler from south Egypt.
阿勒胡姆拉病毒(ALKV)是一种新出现的蜱传黄病毒,已知会在中东地区引发一种被忽视的热带疾病。欧洲回国旅行者中该疾病的规模仍不清楚,可能是因为对ALKV感染实际地理分布的了解不足限制了其诊断。截至目前,意大利仅报告了3例病例;在此我们报告了一名来自埃及南部的回国旅行者中的第4例ALKV病例。