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Alternative Title:
Emerg Infect Dis
Personal Author:
Fok, Anthony ; Mateevici, Cristina ; Lin, Belinda ; Chandra, Ronil V. ; Chong, Victor H.T.
Fok, Anthony ; Mateevici, Cristina ; Lin, Belinda ; Chandra, Ronil V. ; Chong, Victor H.T. Less -
Description:
Human metapneumovirus pneumonia, most commonly found in children, was diagnosed in an adult with encephalitis. This case suggests that testing for human metapneumovirus RNA in nasopharyngeal aspirate and cerebrospinal fluid samples should be considered in adults with encephalitis who have a preceding respiratory infection.
Subjects:
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Humans Infectious Encephalitis Influenza, Human Male Metapneumovirus Middle Aged Nasopharyngeal Diseases Pneumonia, Viral
Source:
Emerg Infect Dis. 21(11):2074-2076
Pubmed ID:
26488420
Pubmed Central ID:
PMC4622250
Document Type:
Journal Article
Place as Subject:
Australia
Collection(s):
Emerging Infectious Diseases
Main Document Checksum:
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urn:sha256:19b1c4edd6e0f3a430efaafed5b6d50767276371d58ca2612c4f5be777a24677
Download URL:
https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/35545/cdc_35545_DS1.pdf
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