Japanese encephalitis in a young traveler returning from a short-term holiday in Khao Lak, Thailand

Travel Med Infect Dis. 2020 Mar-Apr:34:101580. doi: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2020.101580. Epub 2020 Feb 11.

Authors

Ralph Huits¹, Yeleni Eelen², Philippe G Jorens², Kevin K Ariën³, Marjan Van Esbroeck⁴, Els Lim Duval²

Affiliations

¹ Institute of Tropical Medicine, Department of Clinical Sciences, Antwerp, Belgium. Electronic address: [email protected].
² Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Antwerp University Hospital, Edegem, Belgium.
³ Institute of Tropical Medicine, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Antwerp, Belgium; University of Antwerp, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Antwerp, Belgium.
⁴ Institute of Tropical Medicine, Department of Clinical Sciences, Antwerp, Belgium.

PMID: 32058037
DOI: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2020.101580

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Antibodies, Viral
Belgium / ethnology
Encephalitis Virus, Japanese / immunology
Encephalitis Virus, Japanese / isolation & purification
Encephalitis, Japanese / blood
Encephalitis, Japanese / diagnosis*
Female
Holidays
Humans
Immunoglobulin M / blood
Thailand
Travel

Substances

Antibodies, Viral
Immunoglobulin M