Transient myocarditis associated with acute Zika virus infection

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 678-679

  Aletti, Marc ^a   Lecoules, Stephane ^a   Kanczuga, Vincent ^a   Soler, Charles ^a   Maquart, Marianne ^b   Simon, Fabrice ^c   Leparc Goffart, Isabelle ^b  

^a Burns Unit   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE BIOMÉDICALE DES ARMÉES   (France)

^c LAVERAN MILITARY TEACHING HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Imported viral disease; Myocarditis; Reemerging disease; Sentinel surveillance; Zika virus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CASE REPORT; CHIKUNGUNYA; DISEASE RE-EMERGENCE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY MONITORING; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HUMAN; MALE; MYOCARDITIS; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; THORAX PAIN; ZIKA FEVER;

EID: 85018190809     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: 15376591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciw802     Document Type: Article

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