Rapid Detection of Powassan Virus in a Patient With Encephalitis by Metagenomic Sequencing

We describe a patient with severe and progressive encephalitis of unknown etiology. We performed rapid metagenomic sequencing from cerebrospinal fluid and identified Powassan virus, an emerging tick-borne flavivirus that has been increasingly detected in the United States.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Piantadosi, Anne, Kanjilal, Sanjat, Ganesh, Vijay, Khanna, Arjun, Hyle, Emily P, Rosand, Jonathan, Bold, Tyler, Metsky, Hayden C, Lemieux, Jacob, Leone, Michael J, Freimark, Lisa, Matranga, Christian B, Adams, Gordon, McGrath, Graham, Zamirpour, Siavash, Telford, Sam, Rosenberg, Eric, Cho, Tracey, Frosch, Matthew P, Goldberg, Marcia B, Mukerji, Shibani S, Sabeti, Pardis C
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2018
Materias:
Brief Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5850433/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29020227
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/cid/cix792

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