Tick-Borne Encephalitis in an 8.5-Month-Old Boy Suspected of Febrile Seizures

Tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) is a serious viral neuroinfection affecting humans in large areas of Europe and Asia. TBE can occur at any age, but only a few reports of TBE in infants younger than 1 year have been published. Here, we report a case of severe TBE in an 8.5-month-old boy presenting with...

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Autores principales: Krbková, Lenka, Čapovová, Iva, Homola, Lukáš, Lindušková, Jana, Salát, Jiří, Růžek, Daniel
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2021
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8306824/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34361861
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms9071425
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Sumario:Tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) is a serious viral neuroinfection affecting humans in large areas of Europe and Asia. TBE can occur at any age, but only a few reports of TBE in infants younger than 1 year have been published. Here, we report a case of severe TBE in an 8.5-month-old boy presenting with seizures at the beginning of the neurological phase.

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