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- Title
Case Series of Jamestown Canyon Virus Infections with Neurologic Outcomes, Canada, 2011-2016.
- Authors
Meier-Stephenson, Vanessa; Drebot, Michael A.; Dimitrova, Kristina; DiQuinzio, Melanie; Fonseca, Kevin; Forrest, David; Hatchette, Todd; Morshed, Muhammad; Patriquin, Glen; Poliquin, Guillaume; Saxinger, Lynora; Serhir, Bouchra; Tellier, Raymond; Therrien, Christian; Vrbova, Linda; Wood, Heidi
- Abstract
Jamestown Canyon virus (JCV) is a mosquitoborne orthobunyavirus in the California serogroup that circulates throughout Canada and the United States. Most JCV exposures result in asymptomatic infection or a mild febrile illness, but JCV can also cause neurologic diseases, such as meningitis and encephalitis. We describe a case series of confirmed JCV-mediated neuroinvasive disease among persons from the provinces of British Columbia, Alberta, Quebec, and Nova Scotia, Canada, during 2011-2016. We highlight the case definitions, epidemiology, unique features and clinical manifestations, disease seasonality, and outcomes for those cases. Two of the patients (from Quebec and Nova Scotia) might have acquired JCV infections during travel to the northeastern region of the United States. This case series collectively demonstrates JCV's wide distribution and indicates the need for increased awareness of JCV as the underlying cause of meningitis/meningoencephalitis during mosquito season.
- Subjects
NOVA Scotia; VIRUS diseases; NEUROLOGICAL disorders; CANYONS; SYMPTOMS; JAMESTOWN; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; SEASONAL variations of diseases; VIRAL encephalitis
- Publication
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2024, Vol 30, Issue 5, p874
- ISSN
1080-6040
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3201/eid3005.221258