Chikungunya virus infection amongst the acute encephalitis syndrome cases in West Bengal, India

Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 33, Issue , 2015, Pages S153-S156

  Taraphdar, D ^a   Roy, B K ^b   Chatterjee, S ^a  

^a INDIAN COUNCIL OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (India)

^b BANGUR INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

AES cases; Chikungunya virus; India

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BRAIN PROTEIN; CHLORIDE; GLUCOSE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; VIRUS RNA;

ACUTE DISEASE; ACUTE ENCEPHALITIS SYNDROME; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARM WEAKNESS; ARTICLE; BULBAR PARALYSIS; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHIKUNGUNYA; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISORIENTATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FASCICULATION; FEMALE; GENERAL CONDITION IMPROVEMENT; GENERALIZED LYMPHADENOPATHY; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEADACHE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LIMB WEAKNESS; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYELITIS; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PROTEIN CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; QUADRIPLEGIA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STIFF NECK; SYNDROME; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; UNCONSCIOUSNESS; VIRUS ENCEPHALITIS; YOUNG ADULT; CHIKUNGUNYA FEVER; CHIKUNGUNYA VIRUS; COMPLICATION; ENCEPHALITIS, VIRAL; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; INDIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; CHIKUNGUNYA FEVER; CHIKUNGUNYA VIRUS; ENCEPHALITIS, VIRAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84923374866     PISSN: 02550857     EISSN: 19983646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0255-0857.150946     Document Type: Article

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