Viruses (Aug 2020)

Fatal Outcome of Ilheus Virus in the Cerebrospinal Fluid of a Patient Diagnosed with Encephalitis

  • Bruno H. G. A. Milhim,
  • Cássia F. Estofolete,
  • Leonardo C. da Rocha,
  • Elisabete Liso,
  • Vânia M. S. Brienze,
  • Nikos Vasilakis,
  • Ana C. B. Terzian,
  • Maurício L. Nogueira

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/v12090957
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 9
p. 957

Abstract

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Ilheus virus is an arbovirus with the potential for central nervous system involvement. Accurate diagnosis is a challenge due to similar clinical symptoms and serologic cross-reactivity with other flaviviruses. Here, we describe the first documented case of a fatal outcome following the identification of Ilheus virus in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) of a patient with cerebral encephalitis in Brazil.

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