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Case Reports
. 2022 Jan 1;41(1):60-61.
doi: 10.1097/INF.0000000000003312.

Initial Seronegative West Nile Virus Encephalitis in an Immunocompromised Child

Yoshua Colyn Collins-Sawaragi  1 , Patra Koletsi, Eleanor Elizabeth Donlevy, Simon Bruce Drysdale
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Initial Seronegative West Nile Virus Encephalitis in an Immunocompromised Child

Yoshua Colyn Collins-Sawaragi et al. Pediatr Infect Dis J. .

Abstract

We present a case of initial seronegative West Nile virus encephalitis in an immunocompromised child due to B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Although diagnostic guidelines for West Nile virus infection exist, we highlight that these may not be met in immunocompromised patients who may have a delayed immune response.

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