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http://repositorio.ufc.br/handle/riufc/25446| Type: | Artigo de Periódico |
| Title: | Encephalitis associated with the chikungunya epidemic outbreak in Brazil: report of 2 cases with neuroimaging findings |
| Authors: | Pereira, Licia Pacheco Villas-Bôas, Rafaela Scott, Stephanie Suzanne de Oliveira Nóbrega, Paulo Ribeiro Sobreira-Neto, Manoel Alves Castro, José Daniel Vieira de Cavalcante, Bruno Braga-Neto, Pedro |
| Keywords: | Encephalitis Virus, California;Chikungunya virus |
| Issue Date: | 2017 |
| Publisher: | Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical |
| Citation: | PEREIRA, L. P. et al. Encephalitis associated with the chikungunya epidemic outbreak in Brazil: report of 2 cases with neuroimaging findings. Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, Brasil, v. 50, p. 413-416, maio/jun. 2017. |
| 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. |
| URI: | http://www.repositorio.ufc.br/handle/riufc/25446 |
| ISSN: | 0037-8682 |
| Appears in Collections: | DMC - Artigos publicados em revistas científicas |
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