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A fatal case of encephalitis associated with Chikungunya virus infection.

Stefania Casolari¹, Elisabetta Briganti, Miriam Zanotti, Tiziano Zauli, Loredana Nicoletti, Fabio Magurano, Claudia Fortuna, Cristiano Fiorentini, Maria Grazia Ciufolini, Giovanni Rezza.

Abstract

An outbreak of Chikungunya fever occurred in north-east Italy in the summer of 2007. Only 1 fatal case was observed, in an 83-y-old male hospitalized with encephalitis. Viral genome was detected at high level (1.5 x 10(8) copies/ml) in the cerebrospinal fluid 7 d after symptoms onset.

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Year: 2008 PMID： 18819040 DOI： 10.1080/00365540802419055

Source DB: PubMed Journal: Scand J Infect Dis ISSN： 0036-5548

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