Chikungunya Virus and Central Nervous System Infections in Children, India

Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) is a mosquito-borne alphavirus best known for causing fever, rash, arthralgia, and occasional neurologic disease. By using real-time reverse transcription–PCR, we detected CHIKV in plasma samples of 8 (14%) of 58 children with suspected central nervous system infection in B...

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Autores principales: Lewthwaite, Penny, Vasanthapuram, Ravi, Osborne, Jane C., Begum, Ashia, Plank, Jenna L.M., Shankar, M. Veera, Hewson, Roger, Desai, Anita, Beeching, Nick J., Ravikumar, Ravi, Solomon, Tom
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2009
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Dispatch
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2662654/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19193287
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1502.080902
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Sumario:Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) is a mosquito-borne alphavirus best known for causing fever, rash, arthralgia, and occasional neurologic disease. By using real-time reverse transcription–PCR, we detected CHIKV in plasma samples of 8 (14%) of 58 children with suspected central nervous system infection in Bellary, India. CHIKV was also detected in the cerebrospinal fluid of 3 children.

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