TY - JOUR AU - Parkash, Vivak AU - Woods, Kate AU - Kafetzopoulou, Liana AU - Osborne, Jane AU - Aarons, Emma AU - Cartwright, Katharine T1 - West Nile Virus Infection in Travelers Returning to United Kingdom from South Africa T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2019 VL - 25 IS - 2 SP - 367 SN - 1080-6059 AB - West Nile virus (WNV) is an arthropod-transmitted flavivirus that causes West Nile fever and may infrequently cause neuroinvasive disease in humans. We present 2 cases of confirmed WNV infection, 1 of severe encephalitis and 1 of mild febrile illness, in a couple returning to the United Kingdom from South Africa. KW - West Nile virus KW - West Nile fever KW - flavivirus KW - rhabdomyolysis KW - myositis KW - encephalitis KW - West Nile neuroinvasive disease KW - United Kingdom KW - South Africa KW - viruses DO - 10.3201/eid2502.172101 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/25/2/17-2101_article ER - End of Reference