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Case Reports
. 2008;40(11-12):995-6.
doi: 10.1080/00365540802419055.

A fatal case of encephalitis associated with Chikungunya virus infection

Stefania Casolari  1 , Elisabetta Briganti, Miriam Zanotti, Tiziano Zauli, Loredana Nicoletti, Fabio Magurano, Claudia Fortuna, Cristiano Fiorentini, Maria Grazia Ciufolini, Giovanni Rezza
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A fatal case of encephalitis associated with Chikungunya virus infection

Stefania Casolari et al. Scand J Infect Dis. 2008.

Abstract

An outbreak of Chikungunya fever occurred in north-east Italy in the summer of 2007. Only 1 fatal case was observed, in an 83-y-old male hospitalized with encephalitis. Viral genome was detected at high level (1.5 x 10(8) copies/ml) in the cerebrospinal fluid 7 d after symptoms onset.

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