Chikungunya Virus and Central Nervous System Infections in Children, India

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Lewthwaite, Penny ; Vasanthapuram, Ravi ; Osborne, Jane C. ; Begum, Ashia ; Plank, Jenna L.M. ; Shankar, M. Veera ; Hewson, Roger ; Desai, Anita ; Beeching, Nick J. ; Ravikumar, Ravi ; Solomon, Tom
• Description:
  Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) is a mosquito-borne alphavirus best known for causing fever, rash, arthralgia, and occasional neurologic disease. By using real-time reverse transcription-PCR, we detected CHIKV in plasma samples of 8 (14%) of 58 children with suspected central nervous system infection in Bellary, India. CHIKV was also detected in the cerebrospinal fluid of 3 children.
• Subjects:
  Adolescent Alphavirus Infections Central Nervous System Viral Diseases Cerebrospinal Fluid Chikungunya Virus Child Child, Preschool Disease Outbreaks Dispatch Female Humans Infant Male Molecular Sequence Data Polymerase Chain Reaction Sequence Analysis, DNA

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• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 15(2):329-331.
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  India
• Location:
  Asia
• Volume:
  15
• Issue:
  2
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:77b56259ddae5a5db939f880cfb2c48b951a807e6a284e7425579ed984b7fc4e
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/17383/cdc_17383_DS1.pdf
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