Acute Lassa Virus Encephalitis with Lassa Virus in the Cerebrospinal Fluid but Absent in the Blood: A Case Report with a Positive Outcome

It is rare both to have the central nervous system (CNS) as the main focus in the acute phase of Lassa fever infection without associated bleeding, and to find Lassa virus (LAV) in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) but not in the serum. We report the case of a 38-year-old Nigerian woman with mainly CNS...

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Autores principales: Okokhere, Peter O., Erameh, Cyril O., Alikah, Francis, Akhideno, Peter E., Iruolagbe, Christopher O., Osazuwa, Omoregie O., Bankole, Idowu A., Adomeh, Donatus I., Odia, Ikponmwosa, Aire, Chris O., Oyakhilome, Jennifer, Agbukor, Jacqueline, Atafo, Rebecca O., Asogun, Danny A., Happi, Christian T., Sabeti, Pardis C., Günther, Stephan, Akpede, George O.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: S. Karger AG 2018
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6062684/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30057542
http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000490374

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6062684/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30057542
http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000490374

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