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Case Reports
. 2016 Jan;22(1):150-2.
doi: 10.3201/eid2201.151212.

Ebola Virus Disease Complicated by Late-Onset Encephalitis and Polyarthritis, Sierra Leone

Patrick Howlett, Colin Brown, Trina Helderman, Tim Brooks, Durodamil Lisk, Gibrilla Deen, Marylou Solbrig, Marta Lado
Case Reports

Ebola Virus Disease Complicated by Late-Onset Encephalitis and Polyarthritis, Sierra Leone

Patrick Howlett et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2016 Jan.
No abstract available

Keywords: Ebola virus; Ebola virus disease; Sierra Leone; encephalitis; polyarthritis; viral persistence; viruses.

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Representative axial cuts from noncontrast head computed tomography scan imaging of a 30-year-old woman with encephalitis resulting from Ebola virus infection, Sierra Leone. Images show global atrophy in keeping with nonobstructive ventriculomegaly and no periventricular low attenuation: A) subcortical atrophy; B) cortical atrophy. There was no evidence of hydrocephalus, previous stroke, or intracranial hemorrhage. A cavum septum pellucidum was noted in other images.
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