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MYOCARDITIS IN WEST NILE VIRUS INFECTION

Steven A. Pergam, CHRISTINE E. DELONG, Leonor Echevarria, Gail Scully, Diane Goade

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene · 2006 · 26 citations · 10 references

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Abstract

West Nile virus (WNV) myocarditis has been documented pathologically in birds and mammals but has rarely been reported in human clinical syndromes. We describe myocarditis associated with WNV.

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