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Emerg Infect Dis
; 24(5): 939-941, 2018 05.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-29664389
RESUMO
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. The specificity of the intracerebral immune response supports early chikungunya-associated encephalitis diagnosis.