Institute of Virology, Leipzig University Hospital, Leipzig, Germany; Interdisciplinary Centre for Infectious Diseases, Leipzig University Hospital, Leipzig, Germany.
Department of Neurology, Leipzig University Hospital, Leipzig, Germany.
Euro Surveill. 2020 Nov;25(46). doi: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2020.25.46.2001786.
Following a distinct summer heat wave, nine autochthonous cases of West Nile fever and West Nile neuroinvasive disease, including one fatality, were observed in Leipzig, Germany, in August and September 2020. Phylogenetic analysis demonstrated close relationships in viruses from humans, animals and mosquitos in eastern Germany, obtained during the preceding 2 years. The described large cluster of autochthonous West Nile virus infections in Germany indicates endemic seasonal circulation of lineage 2 viruses in the area.
2020 年 8 月至 9 月,德国莱比锡发生了一起明显的夏季热浪事件,随后观察到 9 例西尼罗河热和西尼罗河神经侵袭性疾病的本地病例,包括 1 例死亡病例。系统进化分析表明,在过去 2 年中,从德国东部的人类、动物和蚊子中获得的病毒之间存在密切关系。所描述的德国大量本地西尼罗河病毒感染表明该地区 2 型病毒的季节性流行循环。