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

• 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

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.