Acute myelitis due to Zika virus infection

The Lancet

Volumn 387, Issue 10026, 2016, Pages 1481-

  Mécharles, Sylvie ^a   Herrmann, Cécile ^b   Poullain, Pascale ^b   Tran, Tuan Huy ^a   Deschamps, Nathalie ^a   Mathon, Grégory ^b   Landais, Anne ^a   Breurec, Sébastien ^b,c,d   Lannuzel, Annie ^a,c,e  

^a Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Pointe a Pitre   (Guadeloupe)

^b Ctr Hosp Univ de Pointe a Pitre   (Guadeloupe)

^c Faculté de Médecine de l'Université des Antilles   (Canada)

^d Institut Pasteur de Guadeloupe   (Guadeloupe)

^e SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHYLPREDNISOLONE; VIRUS DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ARM PAIN; ARM WEAKNESS; BLADDER CATHETERIZATION; BLADDER DYSFUNCTION; CASE REPORT; CONJUNCTIVAL HYPEREMIA; DYSURIA; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HEMIPARESIS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE; LOW BACK PAIN; MYELITIS; NEUTROPHIL; NOTE; OVARY CYST; PARESTHESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URINE RETENTION; ZIKA FEVER; ZIKA VIRUS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; DIAGNOSIS; GENETICS; GUADELOUPE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIROLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; GUADELOUPE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MYELITIS, TRANSVERSE; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ZIKA VIRUS; ZIKA VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 84959496550     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(16)00644-9     Document Type: Article

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