Chikungunya Virus and Central Nervous system Infections in children, India

Lewthwaite, Penny, Vasanthapuram, Ravi, Osborne, Jane C, Begum, Ashia, Plank, Jenna L M, Shankar, M Veera, Hewson, Roger, Desai, Anita, Beeching, Nicholas ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7019-8791, Ravikumar, Ravi and Solomon, Tom (2009) 'Chikungunya Virus and Central Nervous system Infections in children, India'. Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol 15, Issue 2, pp. 329-331.

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Abstract

Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) is a mosquito-borne alphavirus best known for causing fever, rash, arthralgia, and occasional neurologic disease. By using real-time reverse transcription–PCR, we detected CHIKV in plasma samples of 8 (14%) of 58 children with suspected central nervous system infection in Bellary, India. CHIKV was also detected in the cerebrospinal fluid of 3 children

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Additional Information:	Originally published as: Lewthwaite P, Ravi V, Osborne JC, Begum A, Plank JLM, Shankar MV, et al. Chikungunya virus and central nervous system infections in children, India. Emerg Infect Dis [serial on the Internet]. 2009 Feb [date cited]. Available from http://www.cdc.gov/EID/content/15/2/329.htm
Subjects:	WC Communicable Diseases > Virus Diseases > General Virus Diseases > WC 500 Virus diseases (General or not elsewhere classified) WS Pediatrics > Diseases of Children and Adolescents > By System > WS 340 Nervous system
Digital Object Identifer (DOI):	https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1502.080902
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Date Deposited:	16 Dec 2010 14:47
Last Modified:	20 Nov 2024 13:36
URI:	https://archive.lstmed.ac.uk/id/eprint/1701

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