Second human case of Cache Valley virus disease

Emerg Infect Dis. 2006 May;12(5):854-6. doi: 10.3201/eid1205.051625.

Abstract

We document the second known case of Cache Valley virus disease in a human. Cache Valley virus disease is rarely diagnosed in North America, in part because laboratories rarely test for it. Its true incidence, effect on public health, and full clinical spectrum remain to be determined.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Base Sequence
  • Bunyamwera virus / classification
  • Bunyamwera virus / genetics
  • Bunyamwera virus / isolation & purification*
  • Bunyaviridae Infections / diagnosis*
  • Bunyaviridae Infections / epidemiology
  • Bunyaviridae Infections / virology
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Meningitis, Aseptic / diagnosis*
  • Meningitis, Aseptic / epidemiology
  • Meningitis, Aseptic / virology
  • RNA, Viral / analysis*
  • Sequence Alignment
  • Wisconsin / epidemiology

Substances

  • RNA, Viral