Encephalitis associated with Zika virus infection and reactivation of the varicella-zoster virus in a Brazilian child

Abstract We report a case of encephalitis associated with Zika virus infection and reactivation of varicella-zoster virus in the central nervous system of a Brazilian child. This case raises the possibility that reactivation of the latent varicella-zoster virus may be a mechanism of neurological imp...

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Published in:Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
Main Authors: Marcelo Adriano da Cunha e Silva Vieira, Alzira Almeida de Sousa Castro, Daniele Freitas Henriques, Eliana Vieira Pinto da Silva, Fernando Neto Tavares, Lívia Carício Martins, Lucas Melo Guimarães, Talita Antonia Furtado Monteiro, Raimunda do Socorro da Silva Azevedo, Ana Cecíclia Ribeiro Cruz, Pedro Fernando da Costa Vasconcelos
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT)
Subjects:
Encephalitis
Human herpesvirus 3
Zika virus infection
Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine
RC955-962
Arctic
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1590/0037-8682-0447-2017
https://doaj.org/article/27828769b7a74b4b961cf8a2543e706c
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Summary:Abstract We report a case of encephalitis associated with Zika virus infection and reactivation of varicella-zoster virus in the central nervous system of a Brazilian child. This case raises the possibility that reactivation of the latent varicella-zoster virus may be a mechanism of neurological impairment induced by acquired Zika virus infection.

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