Author | Santos, Gina Peres Lima dos | |
Author | Burlandy, Fernanda Marcicano | |
Author | Costa, Eliane Veiga da | |
Author | Silva, Edson Elias da | |
Access date | 2017-10-03T15:10:27Z | |
Available date | 2017-10-03T15:10:27Z | |
Document date | 2012 | |
Citation | SANTOS, Gina Peres Lima dos; et al. Direct detection of enterovirus genome in cell-culture cerebrospinal fluid from aseptic meningitis cases in Brazil.. Virus Reviews & Research, v.17 , n.1-2, Jan./Dec, 2012. | pt_BR |
ISSN | 1519-2563 | pt_BR |
URI | https://www.arca.fiocruz.br/handle/icict/22755 | |
Language | eng | pt_BR |
Publisher | Sociedade Brasileira de Virologia | pt_BR |
Rights | open access | pt_BR |
Subject in Portuguese | Enterovírus | pt_BR |
Subject in Portuguese | Meningite Asséptica | pt_BR |
Subject in Portuguese | Reação em Cadeia da Polimerase em Tempo Real | pt_BR |
Subject in Portuguese | Líquido Cefalorraquidiano | pt_BR |
Title | Direct detection of enterovirus genome in cell-culture negative cerebrospinal fluid from aseptic meningitis in Brazil | pt_BR |
Type | Article | pt_BR |
Abstract | Enteroviruses are the main etiologic agents involved in outbreaks and sporadic cases of aseptic meningitis. Viral
isolation in permissive cells is a traditional method for diagnosis, but it is time consuming and may be unsuccessful
due to low viral titers and because some enteroviruses do not replicate in routine cell cultures. Therefore, molecular
techniques are increasingly being used for detection of these agents. In the present work, 267 cerebrospinal fluid
(CSF) samples from aseptic meningitis and meningoencephalitis cases, received between 2008 and 2009, were tested
by RT-PCR. These clinical samples were previously negative for virus isolation in cell culture. Enterovirus genome
was detected in 59 CSF samples (22.1%) and identification was confirmed by partial nucleotide sequencing. Some
demographics of the patients included in the study were analyzed. Direct detection of enterovirus genome from CSF
is appropriate to increase sensitivity in aseptic meningitis and meningoencephalitis cases. | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Enterovírus. Rio de Janeiro, RJ. Brasil / Universidade Federal Fluminense. Departamento de Microbiologia e Parasitologia. Niterói, RJ, Brasil. | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Enterovírus. Rio de Janeiro, RJ. Brasil. | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Enterovírus. Rio de Janeiro, RJ. Brasil. | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Enterovírus. Rio de Janeiro, RJ. Brasil. | pt_BR |
Subject | Enterovirus | pt_BR |
Subject | RT-PCR | pt_BR |
Subject | Aseptic Meningitis | pt_BR |
Subject | CSF | pt_BR |
e-ISSN | 2357-9323 | |