Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis following Plasmodium falciparum malaria caused by varicella zoster virus reactivation

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 478-480

  Lademann, Matthias ^a   Gabelin, Peggy ^a   Lafrenz, Michael ^a   Wernitz, Christiane ^a   Ehmke, Heidrun ^a   Schmitz, Herbert ^b   Reisinger, Emil C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

^b BERNHARD NOCHT INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; MEROPENEM; QUININE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; BRAIN MALARIA; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POLYCLONAL ACTIVATION; POSTVACCINAL ENCEPHALITIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SERUM; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VIRUS REACTIVATION; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; PHYSIOLOGY; VIROLOGY; VIRUS ACTIVATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 3; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

ADULT; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; FEMALE; HERPESVIRUS 3, HUMAN; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; VIRUS ACTIVATION;

EID: 18944402218     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2005.72.478     Document Type: Article

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