West Nile virus meningitis in a patient with human immunodeficiency virus type 1 infection

The emergence of West Nile virus lineage 2 in central Macedonia, Greece, in 2010 resulted in large outbreaks for 5 consecutive years. We report a case of viral meningitis in an individual infected with human immunodeficiency virus type 1, which preceded the recognition of the outbreak and was confir...

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Autores principales: Pilalas, D., Skoura, L., Margariti, A., Chatzidimitriou, D., Sarantopoulos, A., Tsachouridou, O., Papa, A., Metallidis, S.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2017
Materias:
New Microbes in Humans
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5554934/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28831299
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nmni.2017.05.018
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Sumario:The emergence of West Nile virus lineage 2 in central Macedonia, Greece, in 2010 resulted in large outbreaks for 5 consecutive years. We report a case of viral meningitis in an individual infected with human immunodeficiency virus type 1, which preceded the recognition of the outbreak and was confirmed retrospectively as West Nile virus neuroinvasive disease.

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