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Flavivirus Infection Associated with Cerebrovascular Events
- Source :
- Viruses, Volume 12, Issue 6, Viruses, Vol 12, Iss 671, p 671 (2020)
- Publication Year :
- 2020
- Publisher :
- Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2020.
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Abstract
- Arthropod-borne viruses (arboviruses) of the genus Flavivirus are distributed globally and cause significant human disease and mortality annually. Flavivirus infections present a spectrum of clinical manifestations, ranging from asymptomatic to severe manifestations, including hemorrhage, encephalitis and death. Herein, we describe 3 case reports of cerebrovascular involvement in patients infected by dengue and Zika viruses in Sao Jose do Rio Preto, S&atilde<br />o Paulo State, Brazil, a hyperendemic area for arbovirus circulation, including dengue, yellow fever, chikungunya and Saint Louis encephalitis viruses. Our findings highlight the potential threat that unusual clinical manifestations may pose to arbovirus disease management and recovery.
- Subjects :
- Adult
Male
0301 basic medicine
viruses
atypical manifestations
lcsh:QR1-502
Dengue virus
medicine.disease_cause
Arbovirus
Article
lcsh:Microbiology
Zika virus
Dengue fever
Dengue
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Virology
Humans
Medicine
Flavivirus Infections
cerebrovascular events
Chikungunya
Aged
biology
dengue virus
Zika Virus Infection
business.industry
virus diseases
biochemical phenomena, metabolism, and nutrition
biology.organism_classification
medicine.disease
Cerebrovascular Disorders
Flavivirus
030104 developmental biology
Infectious Diseases
Saint Louis encephalitis
Female
Nervous System Diseases
business
Brazil
030217 neurology & neurosurgery
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 19994915
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Viruses
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....7b2e06c497921496eb76c68508509733
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.3390/v12060671