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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...
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. |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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S. Karger AG
2018
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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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