New Microbes and New Infections (Sep 2015)

First fatal case of CNS infection caused by Enterovirus A in Brazil

  • D.B. Oliveira,
  • G. Machado,
  • G.M.F. Almeida,
  • P.C.P. Ferreira,
  • C.A. Bonjardim,
  • G. de Souza Trindade,
  • J.S. Abrahão,
  • E.G. Kroon

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nmni.2015.06.006
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 7, no. C
pp. 94 – 96

Abstract

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We describe what is to our knowledge the first fatal case of central nervous system Enterovirus infection in Brazil. Molecular and phylogenetic characterization revealed that Enterovirus A was the aetiologic agent of this case.

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