Abstract Here, we present four patients with confirmed Chikungunya virus infection showing atypical neurologic manifestations and death. This case series includes patients ranging in age from five to 92 years, with or without comorbidities. This report is important, as very few cases in the literature re...
Human respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection remains as a major cause of morbidity and mortality among pediatric population. Immune response is poor and unable to establish a long term effective protection against this virus. Of particular interest has been the description of extrapulmonary manifest...
Abstract: A case of dengue virus 3 (DENV-3) genotype I infection with neurological manifestations occurred in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais in October 2012. The serotype was detected by PCR, and the genotype was assessed by sequencing and phylogenetic analysis of the C-prM region. The virus causing neurol...
Introdução: A reação em cadeia da polimerase (PCR) foi teste de grande impacto no
diagnóstico das meningites e encefalites linfocíticas durante a última década. Esse método
foi extensivamente usado no diagnóstico das infecções do sistema nervoso central (SNC),
devido a sua habilidade em detec...
