TY - JOUR
T1 - Infection with Saint Louis encephalitis virus in the city of Ribeirao Preto, Brazil
T2 - Report of one case
AU - Maia, Felipe Gonçalves Motta
AU - Chávez, Juliana Helena
AU - de Souza, William Marciel
AU - Romeiro, Marilia Farignoli
AU - de Castro-Jorge, Luiza Antunes
AU - da Fonseca, Benedito Ant Ônio Lopes
AU - Figueiredo, Luiz Tadeu Moraes
N1 - Funding Information:
This study was supported by a grant from FAPESP – Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (No. 08/50617-6), Fellowship No. 06/01179-0, 12/02836-6, and 12/24150-9, and CNPq – Conselho Nacional de Pesquisa No. 301677/2013-1.
PY - 2014/9
Y1 - 2014/9
N2 - Saint Louis encephalitis virus (SLEV) is a mosquito-borne flavivirus from the Americas. In this report we describe aspects of the laboratory diagnosis of a patient with an acute febrile illness induced by SLEV that was initially diagnosed as dengue by positive IgM-ELISA. Infection with this virus is probably not rare in Brazil, but cases remain undiagnosed. It is necessary to improve the surveillance system, including laboratories, for the diagnosis of SLEV in Brazil.
AB - Saint Louis encephalitis virus (SLEV) is a mosquito-borne flavivirus from the Americas. In this report we describe aspects of the laboratory diagnosis of a patient with an acute febrile illness induced by SLEV that was initially diagnosed as dengue by positive IgM-ELISA. Infection with this virus is probably not rare in Brazil, but cases remain undiagnosed. It is necessary to improve the surveillance system, including laboratories, for the diagnosis of SLEV in Brazil.
KW - Arbovirus
KW - Brazil
KW - Flavivirus
KW - Saint Louis encephalitis virus
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U2 - 10.1016/j.ijid.2014.05.018
DO - 10.1016/j.ijid.2014.05.018
M3 - Article
C2 - 24998462
AN - SCOPUS:84904741551
SN - 1201-9712
VL - 26
SP - 96
EP - 97
JO - International Journal of Infectious Diseases
JF - International Journal of Infectious Diseases
ER -