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

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Marinho, Paula E.S. ; Alvarenga, Pedro P.M. ; Crispim, Ana P.C. ; Candiani, Talitah M.S. ; Alvarenga, Alice M. ; Bechler, Isabela M. ; Alves, Pedro A. ; Dornas, Fabio P. ; de Oliveira, Danilo B. ; Bentes, Aline A. ; Christo, Paulo P. ; Kroon, Erna G.
• Description:
  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 was wild-type yellow fever virus.
• Subjects:
  Central Nervous System Cerebrospinal Fluid Child CNS CSF Dispatch Flavivirus Meningitis/encephalitis Mosquito-borne Infections Vector-borne Infections Viruses Wild-type Virus Wild-Type Yellow Fever Virus RNA In Cerebrospinal Fluid Of Child Yellow Fever Yellow Fever Virus Yellow Fever Virus RNA

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• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 25(8):1567-1570
• Pubmed ID:
  31310221
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC6649336
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Volume:
  25
• Issue:
  8
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:dd8e4ab115f1eee970cd0b57ef5ecadae72adb60e9570a3c7cf127717fa9bfde
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/80318/cdc_80318_DS1.pdf
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