California Serogroup Virus Infection Associated with Encephalitis and Cognitive Decline, Canada, 2015

Emerg Infect Dis. 2017 Aug;23(8):1423-1424. doi: 10.3201/eid2308.170239.

Abstract

California serogroup (CSG) viruses, such as Jamestown Canyon and snowshoe hare viruses, are mosquitoborne pathogens that cause febrile illness and neurologic disease. Human exposures have been described across Canada, but infections are likely underdiagnosed. We describe a case of neuroinvasive illness in a New Brunswick, Canada, patient infected with a CSG virus.

Keywords: Bunyaviridae; California serogroup virus; Canada; Jamestown Canyon virus; Manitoba; New Brunswick; Orthobunyavirus; arbovirus; cognitive decline; cognitive impairment; febrile illness; meningitis/encephalitis; mosquito-borne; neurologic disease; snowshoe hare virus; vector-borne infections; viruses.

Publication types

  • Historical Article

MeSH terms

  • Antibodies, Viral / immunology
  • Canada / epidemiology
  • Cognitive Dysfunction / diagnosis
  • Cognitive Dysfunction / virology*
  • Encephalitis Virus, California / classification*
  • Encephalitis Virus, California / immunology
  • Encephalitis, California / diagnosis
  • Encephalitis, California / epidemiology*
  • Encephalitis, California / transmission
  • Encephalitis, California / virology
  • History, 21st Century
  • Humans
  • Immunoglobulin M / immunology
  • Seroepidemiologic Studies
  • Serogroup

Substances

  • Antibodies, Viral
  • Immunoglobulin M