Fulminant encephalitis associated with a vaccine strain of rubella virus

Journal of Clinical Virology

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 737-740

  Gualberto, Felipe Augusto Souza ^a   de Oliveira, Maria Isabel ^b   Alves, Venancio A F ^a   Kanamura, Cristina T ^b   Rosemberg, Sérgio ^a   Sato, Helena Keico ^c   Arantes, Benedito A F ^c   Curti, Suely Pires ^b   Figueiredo, Cristina Adelaide ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO ADOLFO LUTZ   (Brazil)

^c Divisão de Imunização da Secretaria do Estado da Saúde   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Encephalitis; RA 27 3 strain; Rubella vaccine; Vaccinal virus isolation

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS ANTIBODY; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; MEASLES RUBELLA VACCINE;

ADULT; AGITATION; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CULTURE; COMA; CONFUSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMERGENCY WARD; ENCEPHALITIS; FEVER; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; FULMINANT ENCEPHALITIS; HEADACHE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MYALGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRIPLEGIA; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRUS ENCEPHALITIS; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS STRAIN;

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CMV; CNS; CSF; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; EBV; ENCEPHALITIS; EPSTEIN-BARR VIRUS; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1/2; HSV 1/2; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MEASLES, MUMPS AND RUBELLA; MEASLES-RUBELLA; MMR; MR; MRI; PBMC; PCR; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELLS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QPCR; QUANTITATIVE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RA 27/3 STRAIN; RUBELLA VACCINE; RUBELLA VIRUS; RV; VACCINAL RUBELLA VIRUS; VACCINAL VIRUS ISOLATION; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VRV; VZV;

ADULT; BRAIN; ENCEPHALITIS; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; MALE; RUBELLA; RUBELLA VACCINE; RUBELLA VIRUS;

EID: 84888778893     PISSN: 13866532     EISSN: 18735967     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcv.2013.10.016     Document Type: Article

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