Fatal encephalitis associated with Zika virus infection in an adult

Journal of Clinical Virology

Volumn 83, Issue , 2016, Pages 63-65

  Soares, Cristiane N ^a   Brasil, Patrícia ^b   Carrera, Raquel Medialdea ^e   Sequeira, Patricia ^c   de Filippis, Ana Bispo ^c   Borges, Vitor A ^d   Theophilo, Fernando ^d   Ellul, Mark A ^e,f   Solomon, Tom ^e,f  

^a Hospital Federal dos Servidores do Estado   (Brazil)

^b Funda??o Oswaldo Cruz   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^d Hospital Badim   (Brazil)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^f THE WALTON CENTRE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Encephalitis; Neurological manifestations; Zika virus

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; MANNITOL;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN SCINTISCANNING; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CONFUSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSARTHRIA; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ENCEPHALITIS; FATALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; LIMB WEAKNESS; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ZIKA FEVER; ZIKA VIRUS; BRAIN; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; VIRUS ENCEPHALITIS; X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

BRAIN; ENCEPHALITIS, VIRAL; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ZIKA VIRUS; ZIKA VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 84985032113     PISSN: 13866532     EISSN: 18735967     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcv.2016.08.297     Document Type: Article

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