Wild-Type Yellow Fever Virus RNA in Cerebrospinal Fluid of Child

We report a 3-year-old child who was hospitalized because of severe manifestations of the central nervous system. The child died after 6 days of hospitalization. Analysis of postmortem cerebrospinal fluid showed the presence of yellow fever virus RNA. Nucleotide sequencing confirmed that the virus w...

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Published in:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Main Authors: Paula E.S. Marinho, Pedro P.M. Alvarenga, Ana P.C. Crispim, Talitah M.S. Candiani, Alice M. Alvarenga, Isabela M. Bechler, Pedro A. Alves, Fabio P. Dornas, Danilo B. de Oliveira, Aline A. Bentes, Paulo P. Christo, Erna G. Kroon
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2019-08-01
Subjects:
Yellow fever virus
viruses
flavivirus
yellow fever
child
vector-borne infections
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/25/8/18-1479_article

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