Encephalitis associated with the chikungunya epidemic outbreak in Brazil: report of 2 cases with neuroimaging findings

Abstract Chikungunya, an alphavirus infection presenting with fever, rash, and polyarthritis, is most often an acute febrile illness. Neurologic complications of chikungunya infection have been reported. Here we report the clinical and neuroimaging data of 2 patients with chikungunya-associated ence...

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Published in:Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
Main Authors: Licia Pacheco Pereira, Rafaela Villas-Bôas, Stephanie Suzanne de Oliveira Scott, Paulo Ribeiro Nóbrega, Manoel Alves Sobreira-Neto, José Daniel Vieira de Castro, Bruno Cavalcante, Pedro Braga-Neto
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT)
Subjects:
Chikungunya vírus
Encephalitis
MRI
Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine
RC955-962
Arctic
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1590/0037-8682-0449-2016
https://doaj.org/article/cd3229541a3b4e60a376679f8b1fd557
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Summary:Abstract Chikungunya, an alphavirus infection presenting with fever, rash, and polyarthritis, is most often an acute febrile illness. Neurologic complications of chikungunya infection have been reported. Here we report the clinical and neuroimaging data of 2 patients with chikungunya-associated encephalitis during the recent Brazilian epidemic.

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