Natural and nosocomial infection in a patient with West Nile encephalitis and extrapyramidal movement disorders

Tom Solomon; Ann F. Fisher; David W C Beasley; Pitchaiah Mandava; Bruno P. Granwehr; Hans Langsjoen; Amelia P. Travassos Da Rosa; Alan D T Barrett; Robert B. Tesh

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Natural and nosocomial infection in a patient with West Nile encephalitis and extrapyramidal movement disorders

Tom Solomon, Ann F. Fisher, David W C Beasley, Pitchaiah Mandava, Bruno P. Granwehr, Hans Langsjoen, Amelia P. Travassos Da Rosa, Alan D T Barrett, Robert B. Tesh

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Since its first recognition in North America in 1999, West Nile virus (WNV) has spread rapidly across the continent, but in many communities, rapid diagnostic tests for detection of WNV infection are not fully available. We describe a patient with extrapyramidal movement disorders and changes in the basal ganglia noted on magnetic resonance images that are characteristic of other flavivirus encephalitides and may help in the recognition of patients with West Nile encephalitis. Detailed molecular analysis suggested that, although our patient received a blood transfusion infected with WNV, the virus that caused his initial infection and encephalitis was probably acquired naturally from a mosquito.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	140-145
Number of pages	6
Journal	Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America
Volume	36
Issue number	11
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1086/374936
State	Published - Jun 1 2003

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Solomon, T., Fisher, A. F., Beasley, D. W. C., Mandava, P., Granwehr, B. P., Langsjoen, H., Travassos Da Rosa, A. P., Barrett, A. D. T., & Tesh, R. B. (2003). Natural and nosocomial infection in a patient with West Nile encephalitis and extrapyramidal movement disorders. Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, 36(11), 140-145. https://doi.org/10.1086/374936

Natural and nosocomial infection in a patient with West Nile encephalitis and extrapyramidal movement disorders. / Solomon, Tom; Fisher, Ann F.; Beasley, David W C et al.
In: Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, Vol. 36, No. 11, 01.06.2003, p. 140-145.

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Solomon, T, Fisher, AF, Beasley, DWC, Mandava, P, Granwehr, BP, Langsjoen, H, Travassos Da Rosa, AP, Barrett, ADT & Tesh, RB 2003, 'Natural and nosocomial infection in a patient with West Nile encephalitis and extrapyramidal movement disorders', Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, vol. 36, no. 11, pp. 140-145. https://doi.org/10.1086/374936

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