St. Louis encephalitis vírus: first isolation from a human in São Paulo state, Brasil Vírus da encefalite São Luis: primeiro isolamento de humano no Estado de São Paulo, Brasil

This paper reports the isolation of St. Louis encephalitis virus (SLEV) from a febrile human case suspected to be dengue, in São Pedro, São Paulo State. A MAC-ELISA done on the patient's acute and convalescent sera was inconclusive and hemagglutination inhibition test detected IgG antibody for...

Full description

Bibliographic Details

Published in:	Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
Main Authors:	Iray M. Rocco, Cecília L.S. Santos, Ivani Bisordi, Selma M.C.N. Petrella, Luiz E. Pereira, Renato P. Souza, Terezinha L.M. Coimbra, Thirsa A.F. Bessa, Fabiola M. Oshiro, Luciana B.Q. Lima, Matheus P. Cerroni, Antonia T. Marti, Vera M. Barbosa, Gizelda Katz, Akemi Suzuki
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Universidade de São Paulo (USP) 2005-10-01
Subjects:	Saint Louis encephalitis Flavivirus Virus isolation RT/PCR Genomic sequencing
Online Access:	http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0036-46652005000500008