West Nile Infection and Kidney Disease: Description of Two Clinical Cases in Peritoneal Dialysis Patients

The West Nile Virus (WNV), an RNA arbovirus, has been transmitted by wild birds and conveyed by ticks and mosquitoes, with wide diffusion all over the world; it is not transmitted from human to human. It can give clinical symptoms only in a minority of infected subjects such as fever, headache, musc...

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Published in:	Giornale italiano di nefrologia : organo ufficiale della Societa italiana di nefrologia Vol. 41; no. 1
Main Authors:	Scarpioni, Roberto, Valsania, Teresa, De Amicis, Sara, Rocca, Chiara, Blanco, Valentina, Varì, Maria, Frittoli, Michela, Albertazzi, Vittorio, Ricardi, Marco, Melfa, Luigi
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	Italian
Published:	Italy 28-02-2024
Subjects:	Animals Birds Culicidae Humans Kidney Diseases West Nile Fever - complications West Nile Fever - diagnosis West Nile Fever - veterinary West Nile virus - genetics end-stage kidney failure chronic kidney disease West Nile virus infection kidney transplant peritoneal dialysis
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Summary:	The West Nile Virus (WNV), an RNA arbovirus, has been transmitted by wild birds and conveyed by ticks and mosquitoes, with wide diffusion all over the world; it is not transmitted from human to human. It can give clinical symptoms only in a minority of infected subjects such as fever, headache, muscle tiredness, visual disturbances, drowsiness, convulsions and muscle paralysis; in the most serious cases even potentially fatal encephalitis. In the literature there are few reports on WNV infection in patients with kidney diseases: here we report our experience on two patients on peritoneal dialysis infected by WNV with a revision of the literature.
ISSN:	1724-5990