TY - JOUR A1 - Aberle, Stephan W. A1 - Kolodziejek, Jolanta A1 - Jungbauer, Christof A1 - Stiasny, Karin A1 - Aberle, Judith A1 - Zoufaly, Alexander A1 - Hourfar, Michael Kai A1 - Weidner, Lisa A1 - Nowotny, Norbert T1 - Increase in human West Nile and Usutu virus infections, Austria, 2018 T2 - Eurosurveillance N2 - Between 28 June and 17 September 2018, 27 cases of human West Nile virus infections were recorded in Austria; four cases of West Nile neuroinvasive disease, 11 cases of West Nile fever, six infections detected by blood donation screening and six imported cases. In addition, 18 cases of human Usutu virus infections (all blood donors) were recorded. This is the highest number of annual infections recorded in Austria since the introduction of both viruses. KW - Austria KW - Usutu virus KW - West Nile fever KW - West Nile neuroinvasive disease KW - West Nile virus KW - blood donor Y1 - 2018 UR - http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/47465 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-474652 SN - 1560-7917 SN - 1025-496X N1 - This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. VL - 23 IS - 43 SP - 1 EP - 6 PB - European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control CY - Stockholm ER -