West Nile neuroinvasive disease: Could ESR/CRP ratio be a screening biomarker?

: We report a case series of 14 consecutive patients diagnosed with West Nile virus neuroinvasive disease during the period 2018-2019 in a regional hospital in Serres, Greece and discuss the possibility to use erythrocyte sedimentation rate to C-reactive protein ratio as a readily available screening marker for WNND in sites with limited diagnostic capacity. Further studies are required to validate the accuracy of this biomarker in a clinically relevant setting. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.