Cerebrospinal Fluid Immunoglobulins as Potential Biomarkers of Chikungunya Encephalitis

Chikungunya virus causes fever and severe polyarthritis or arthralgia and is associated with neurologic manifestations that are sometimes challenging to diagnose. We demonstrate intrathecal synthesis of chikungunya antibodies in a patient with a history of acute infection complicated by encephalitis...

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Published in:Emerg Infect Dis
Main Authors: Puccioni-Sohler, Marzia, Farias, Luiz Claudio, Cabral-Castro, Mauro Jorge, Zalis, Mariano G., Kalil, Rosangela S., Salgado, Maria Cecília F.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2018
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Research Letter
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5938764/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29664389
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2405.171763
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