TY - JOUR T1 - Persistent viremia and urine shedding of tick-borne encephalitis virus in an infected immunosuppressed patient from a new epidemic cluster in North-Eastern Italy. JF - J Clin Virol Y1 - 2015 A1 - Caracciolo, Ilaria A1 - Bassetti, Matteo A1 - Paladini, Giorgio A1 - Luzzati, Roberto A1 - Santon, Daniela A1 - Merelli, Maria A1 - Sabbata, Giovanni De A1 - Carletti, Tea A1 - Marcello, Alessandro A1 - D'Agaro, Pierlanfranco AB -

A persistent tick-borne encephalitis virus infection in an immune-suppressed patient is presented. Such an unusual clinical case offers the unique chance of detecting persistent viremia associated to the erythrocyte fraction and shedding of the virus in the urine for more than six weeks. The infection occurred in a new area of the Friuli Venezia-Giulia region (North Eastern Italy) where two additional cases are also being reported.

VL - 69 U1 - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26209378?dopt=Abstract ER -