Chikungunya Virus and Central Nervous system Infections in children, India

Penny Lewthwaite; Ravi Vasanthapuram; Jane C. Osborne; Ashia Begum; Jenna L.M. Plank; M. Veera Shankar; Roger Hewson; Anita Desai; Nicholas Beeching; Ravi Ravikumar; Tom Solomon

doi:10.3201/eid1502.080902

Chikungunya Virus and Central Nervous system Infections in children, India

Penny Lewthwaite, Ravi Vasanthapuram, Jane C. Osborne, Ashia Begum, Jenna L.M. Plank, M. Veera Shankar, Roger Hewson, Anita Desai, Nicholas Beeching, Ravi Ravikumar, Tom Solomon

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Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) is a mosquito-borne alphavirus best known for causing fever, rash, arthralgia, and occasional neurologic disease. By using real-time reverse transcription–PCR, we detected CHIKV in plasma samples of 8 (14%) of 58 children with suspected central nervous system infection in Bellary, India. CHIKV was also detected in the cerebrospinal fluid of 3 children

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	329-331
Number of pages	3
Journal	Emerging Infectious Diseases
Volume	15
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1502.080902
Publication status	Published - 1 Feb 2009
Externally published	Yes

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