Case of fatal eastern equine encephalitis

Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE) is a rare and very serious arbovirus that is transmitted to humans through the bite of infected mosquitoes. When symptomatic, patients with this condition are typically seriously ill and the fatality rate is high. We present a fatal case of EEE that exhibited classi...

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Autores principales: Dexter, Evan P., Dexter, Donn D., Lindsay, Christopher W., Ross, Reichard, R., Lutwick, Larry
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2021
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8496102/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34646732
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2021.e01288
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author Dexter, Evan P.
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description Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE) is a rare and very serious arbovirus that is transmitted to humans through the bite of infected mosquitoes. When symptomatic, patients with this condition are typically seriously ill and the fatality rate is high. We present a fatal case of EEE that exhibited classic symptoms and findings. Included are high quality MRI images that show the classic radiographic findings of this infection. In addition to confirmatory laboratory findings, the case report includes pathologic specimens from brain tissue obtained at autopsy. Perhaps due to climate change and human encroachment on mosquito habitat, there is a westward spread of EEE in the United States.
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spelling pubmed-84961022021-10-12 Case of fatal eastern equine encephalitis Dexter, Evan P. Dexter, Donn D. Lindsay, Christopher W. Ross, Reichard, R. Lutwick, Larry IDCases Case Report Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE) is a rare and very serious arbovirus that is transmitted to humans through the bite of infected mosquitoes. When symptomatic, patients with this condition are typically seriously ill and the fatality rate is high. We present a fatal case of EEE that exhibited classic symptoms and findings. Included are high quality MRI images that show the classic radiographic findings of this infection. In addition to confirmatory laboratory findings, the case report includes pathologic specimens from brain tissue obtained at autopsy. Perhaps due to climate change and human encroachment on mosquito habitat, there is a westward spread of EEE in the United States. Elsevier 2021-09-28 /pmc/articles/PMC8496102/ /pubmed/34646732 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2021.e01288 Text en © 2021 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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