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West Nile Virus Encephalitis: The First Human Case Recorded in Brazil
2015; American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene; Volume: 93; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês
10.4269/ajtmh.15-0170
ISSN1476-1645
AutoresMarcelo A. C. S. Vieira, Alessandro Romano, Alexandre Meireles Borba, Eliana V. P. Silva, Jannifer Oliveira Chiang, Kelsen Dantas Eulálio, Raimunda do Socorro da Silva Azevedo, Sueli Guerreiro Rodrigues, Walfrido S. Almeida-Neto, Pedro Fernando da Costa Vasconcelos,
Tópico(s)Viral Infections and Vectors
ResumoA Brazilian ranch worker with encephalitis and flaccid paralysis was evaluated in the regional Acute Encephalitis Syndromic Surveillance Program. This was the first Brazilian patient who met the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) confirmation criteria for West Nile virus disease. Owing to the overlapping of neurological manifestations attributable to several viral infections of the central nervous system, this report exemplifies the importance of human acute encephalitis surveillance. The syndromic approach to human encephalitis cases may enable early detection of the introduction of unusual virus or endemic occurrence of potentially alarming diseases within a region.
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