West Nile Virus Encephalitis in Haematological Setting: Report of Two Cases and a Brief Review of the Literature

West Nile virus is a zoonotic agent causing life-threatening encephalitis in a proportion of infected patients. Older age, immunosuppression, and mutations in specific host genes (e.g., CCR5 delta-32 mutation) predispose to neuroinvasive infection. We report on two cases of severe West Nile encephal...

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Autores principales: Ferrarini, Isacco, Rigo, Antonella, Gandini, Alberto, Vinante, Fabrizio
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore 2019
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6548214/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31205637
http://dx.doi.org/10.4084/MJHID.2019.033

Internet

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6548214/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31205637
http://dx.doi.org/10.4084/MJHID.2019.033

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