Neonatal encephalitis due to Chikungunya vertical transmission: First report in Brazil

IDCases

Volumn 5, Issue , 2016, Pages 57-59

  Bandeira, Antonio Carlos ^a   Campos, Gubio Soares ^b   Sardi, Silvia Ines ^b   Rocha, Veronica França Diniz ^c   Rocha, Guilherme Cesar Mendes ^d  

^a Faculdade de Tecnologia e Ciências Medical School   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

^c Hospital Geral Roberto Santos   (Brazil)

^d Rheumatology Division Centro Médico Do Hospital Aliança   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Chikungunya neonatal; Chikungunya associated encephalitis; Neonatal encephalitis; Neurological syndromes; Vertical transmission.

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BRAZIL; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHIKUNGUNYA; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ENCEPHALITIS; ERYTHEMA; FEVER; HUMAN; HYPOACTIVITY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SALIVA ANALYSIS; URINALYSIS; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION;

EID: 84979743072     PISSN: 22142509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.idcr.2016.07.008     Document Type: Article

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