Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical ()

Encephalitis associated with Zika virus infection and reactivation of the varicella-zoster virus in a Brazilian child

  • Marcelo Adriano da Cunha e Silva Vieira,
  • Alzira Almeida de Sousa Castro,
  • Daniele Freitas Henriques,
  • Eliana Vieira Pinto da Silva,
  • Fernando Neto Tavares,
  • Lívia Carício Martins,
  • Lucas Melo Guimarães,
  • Talita Antonia Furtado Monteiro,
  • Raimunda do Socorro da Silva Azevedo,
  • Ana Cecíclia Ribeiro Cruz,
  • Pedro Fernando da Costa Vasconcelos

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1590/0037-8682-0447-2017
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 51, no. 3
pp. 390 – 392

Abstract

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Abstract We report a case of encephalitis associated with Zika virus infection and reactivation of varicella-zoster virus in the central nervous system of a Brazilian child. This case raises the possibility that reactivation of the latent varicella-zoster virus may be a mechanism of neurological impairment induced by acquired Zika virus infection.

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