Enfermedad Neuroinvasiva por Virus del Nilo Occidental: por qué debería considerarse en la Península Ibérica

Introduction: West Nile virus has caught attention given the spike of European cases in the season of 2018. The number of infected humans exceeded the total cases of the past seven years and the virus expanded to area previous disease-free, causing significant morbimortality. Objectives: to highlight from a clinical standpoint West Nile virus as a possible aetiology in neuroinvasive disease on humans in the Iberian Peninsula. Materials and Methods: Data was obtained from Centres for Disease Control and Prevention and the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control and it was conducted a review of the literature in PubMed electronic database. Results and Discussion: West Nile virus can be transmitted by mosquitoes’ bites, blood transfusion, and organ transplant. Although most infections are asymptomatic,