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Case Reports
. 2004 Feb;10(2):342-4.
doi: 10.3201/eid1002.030638.

Possible central nervous system infection by SARS coronavirus

Kwok-Kwong Lau  1 , Wai-Cho Yu, Chung-Ming Chu, Suet-Ting Lau, Bun Sheng, Kwok-Yuen Yuen
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Case Reports

Possible central nervous system infection by SARS coronavirus

Kwok-Kwong Lau et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2004 Feb.

Abstract

On day 22 of illness, generalized tonic-clonic convulsion developed in a 32-year-old woman with severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS). Cerebrospinal fluid tested positive for SARS coronavirus (SARS-CoV) by reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction. SARS-CoV may have caused an infection in the central nervous system in this patient.

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