Cerebrospinal Fluid Immunoglobulins as Potential Biomarkers of Chikungunya Encephalitis

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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Main Authors: Marzia Puccioni-Sohler, Luiz Claudio Farias, Mauro Jorge Cabral-Castro, Mariano G. Zalis, Rosangela S. Kalil, Maria Cecília F. Salgado
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2018-05-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
chikungunya virus
CHIKV
alphavirus
humoral immune response
cerebrospinal fluid
meningitis/encephalitis
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/24/5/17-1763_article

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