Guillain–Barré syndrome, acute disseminated encephalomyelitis and encephalitis associated with Zika virus infection in Brazil: Detection of viral RNA and isolation of virus during late infection

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 97, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 1405-1409

  Ferreira, Maria Lucia Brito ^a,d   De Brito, Carlos Alexandre Antunes ^b   Moreira, Álvaro José Porto ^a,d   Machado, Maria Íris de Morais ^a,d   Henriques Souza, Adélia ^a,d   Cordeiro, Marli Tenório ^c   Marques, Ernesto Torres de Azevedo ^c,e   Pena, Lindomar José ^c  

^a Department of Neurology Hospital of Restoration ^*  (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^d HOSPITAL DA RESTAURAÇÃO   (Brazil)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; VIRUS RNA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ACUTE DISSEMINATED ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS ENCEPHALITIS; VIRUS ISOLATION; ZIKA FEVER; ZIKA VIRUS; BLOOD; ENCEPHALITIS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; VIROLOGY;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; BRAZIL; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENCEPHALITIS; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS, ACUTE DISSEMINATED; FEMALE; GUILLAIN-BARRE SYNDROME; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RNA, VIRAL; ZIKA VIRUS; ZIKA VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 85034061359     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.17-0106     Document Type: Article

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