Dengue in Patients with Central Nervous System Manifestations, Brazil

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Araújo, Fernanda ; Nogueira, Rita ; Araújo, Maurício de Sousa ; Perdigão, Anne ; Cavalcanti, Luciano ; Brilhante, Raimunda ; Rocha, Marcos ; Vilar, Dina Feitosa ; Holanda, Suzana Silveira ; Braga, Deborah de Melo ; Sidrim, José
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• Description:
  We investigated the prevalence of dengue in patients with suspected viral meningitis/meningoencephalitis in a dengue-endemic area. Cerebrospinal fluid analysis showed positive results and a 6.74× greater likelihood of identifying positive fluid in patients who died. Our findings support testing patients with neurologic manifestations for the virus in dengue-endemic areas.
• Subjects:
  • Dispatch
  • Dengue
  • Encephalitis, Arbovirus
  • Endemic Diseases
  • Humans
  • Meningitis, Viral
  • Prevalence
  • Retrospective Studies
• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 18(4):677-679.
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Brazil
• Volume:
  18
• Issue:
  4
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/23880/cdc_23880_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 167.29 KB]
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:9e6a8ec994f558e4cc8c90762f699361cb2ea5a7c8a406edfedbf335e0a6731d