Wild-Type Yellow Fever Virus RNA in Cerebrospinal Fluid of Child

We report a 3-year-old child who was hospitalized because of severe manifestations of the central nervous system. The child died after 6 days of hospitalization. Analysis of postmortem cerebrospinal fluid showed the presence of yellow fever virus RNA. Nucleotide sequencing confirmed that the virus w...

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Autores principales: Marinho, Paula E.S., Alvarenga, Pedro P.M., Crispim, Ana P.C., Candiani, Talitah M.S., Alvarenga, Alice M., Bechler, Isabela M., Alves, Pedro A., Dornas, Fabio P., de Oliveira, Danilo B., Bentes, Aline A., Christo, Paulo P., Kroon, Erna G.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2019
Materias:
Dispatch
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6649336/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31310221
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2508.181479
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Sumario:We report a 3-year-old child who was hospitalized because of severe manifestations of the central nervous system. The child died after 6 days of hospitalization. Analysis of postmortem cerebrospinal fluid showed the presence of yellow fever virus RNA. Nucleotide sequencing confirmed that the virus was wild-type yellow fever virus.

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