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FATAL OUTCOME OF ILHEUS VIRUS IN THE CEREBROSPINAL FLUID OF A PATIENT DIAGNOSED WITH ENCEPHALITIS
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Faculdade de Medicina de São José do Rio Preto. Laboratório de Pesquisas em Virologia. São José do Rio Preto, SP, Brazil.
Faculdade de Medicina de São José do Rio Preto. Laboratório de Pesquisas em Virologia. São José do Rio Preto, SP, Brazil.
Faculdade de Medicina de São José do Rio Preto. Laboratório de Pesquisas em Virologia. São José do Rio Preto, SP, Brazil.
Hospital de Base. São José do Rio Preto, SP, Brazil.
Hospital de Base. São José do Rio Preto, SP, Brazil.
Department of Pathology. University of Texas Medical Branch. University Blvd. Galveston, TX, USA/Center for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases. University of Texas Medical Branch. University Blvd., Galveston, TX , USA/Center for Tropical Diseases. University of Texas Medical Branch. University Blvd., Galveston, TX, USA/6 Institute for Human Infection and Immunity. University of Texas Medical Branch. University Blvd. Galveston, TX, USA.
Faculdade de Medicina de São José do Rio Preto. Laboratório de Pesquisas em Virologia. São José do Rio Preto, SP, Brazil/Laboratory of Immunology. Cellular and Molecular Biology. Instituto Rene Rachou. Oswaldo Cruz Foundation. Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
Faculdade de Medicina de São José do Rio Preto. Laboratório de Pesquisas em Virologia. São José do Rio Preto, SP, Brazil.
Faculdade de Medicina de São José do Rio Preto. Laboratório de Pesquisas em Virologia. São José do Rio Preto, SP, Brazil.
Faculdade de Medicina de São José do Rio Preto. Laboratório de Pesquisas em Virologia. São José do Rio Preto, SP, Brazil.
Hospital de Base. São José do Rio Preto, SP, Brazil.
Hospital de Base. São José do Rio Preto, SP, Brazil.
Department of Pathology. University of Texas Medical Branch. University Blvd. Galveston, TX, USA/Center for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases. University of Texas Medical Branch. University Blvd., Galveston, TX , USA/Center for Tropical Diseases. University of Texas Medical Branch. University Blvd., Galveston, TX, USA/6 Institute for Human Infection and Immunity. University of Texas Medical Branch. University Blvd. Galveston, TX, USA.
Faculdade de Medicina de São José do Rio Preto. Laboratório de Pesquisas em Virologia. São José do Rio Preto, SP, Brazil/Laboratory of Immunology. Cellular and Molecular Biology. Instituto Rene Rachou. Oswaldo Cruz Foundation. Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
Faculdade de Medicina de São José do Rio Preto. Laboratório de Pesquisas em Virologia. São José do Rio Preto, SP, Brazil.
Abstract
Ilheus virus is an arbovirus with the potential for central nervous system involvement. Accurate diagnosis is a challenge due to similar clinical symptoms and serologic cross-reactivity with other flaviviruses. Here, we describe the first documented case of a fatal outcome following the identification of Ilheus virus in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) of a patient with cerebral encephalitis in Brazil.
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