Emerging infectious diseases · 2009 · 111 citations · 16 references
Veterinary MedicineInfectious DiseasesMicrobiologyMolecular VirologyPediatric Infectious DiseasesVirologyArboviral DiseasesEncephalitisMosquito-borne DiseasesVector-borne TransmissionVector-borne ZoonosesViral InfectionsArboviral ZoonosesInfectious Neurologic DiseaseMosquito-borne Disease DiagnosisMosquito-borne Disease InvestigationMosquito-borne Viral ZoonosesReal-time Polymerase Chain Reaction (Pcr)Reverse Transcription Polymerase Chain Reaction (Rt-pcr)Vector-borne Viral Infections
Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) is a mosquito-borne alphavirus best known for causing fever, rash, arthralgia, and occasional neurologic disease. By using real-time reverse transcription-PCR, we detected CHIKV in plasma samples of 8 (14%) of 58 children with suspected central nervous system infection in Bellary, India. CHIKV was also detected in the cerebrospinal fluid of 3 children.
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