Acute Lassa Virus Encephalitis with Lassa Virus in the Cerebrospinal Fluid but Absent in the Blood: A Case Report with a Positive Outcome

Autor: Pardis C. Sabeti, Stephan Günther, Chris Aire, Rebecca O Atafo, Peter E Akhideno, Christian T. Happi, Idowu A Bankole, Donatus I Adomeh, Jennifer Oyakhilome, Francis Alikah, Ikponmwosa Odia, Omoregie O Osazuwa, Jacqueline Agbukor, Danny Asogun, Christopher Ojemiega Iruolagbe, George O. Akpede, Peter O Okokhere, Cyril O Erameh

Publikováno v: Case Reports in Neurology, Vol 10, Iss 2, Pp 150-158 (2018)
Case Reports in Neurology

It is rare both to have the central nervous system (CNS) as the main focus in the acute phase of Lassa fever infection without associated bleeding, and to find Lassa virus (LAV) in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) but not in the serum. We report the cas

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Clinical and laboratory predictors of Lassa fever outcome in a dedicated treatment facility in Nigeria: a retrospective, observational cohort study.

Autor: Okokhere P; Department of Medicine, Irrua Specialist Teaching Hospital, Irrua, Nigeria; Institute of Lassa fever Research and Control, Irrua Specialist Teaching Hospital, Irrua, Nigeria; Department of Medicine, Faculty of Clinical Sciences, Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma, Edo, Nigeria. Electronic address: okokherep@gmail.com., Colubri A; Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA; Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, USA; Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Maryland, MD, USA. Electronic address: andres@broadinstitute.org., Azubike C; Department of Medicine, Irrua Specialist Teaching Hospital, Irrua, Nigeria., Iruolagbe C; Department of Medicine, Irrua Specialist Teaching Hospital, Irrua, Nigeria., Osazuwa O; Department of Medicine, Irrua Specialist Teaching Hospital, Irrua, Nigeria., Tabrizi S; Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, USA., Chin E; Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA; University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA; Department of Bioinformatics, Los Angeles, CA, USA., Asad S; Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, USA., Ediale E; Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA., Rafiu M; Department of Medicine, Irrua Specialist Teaching Hospital, Irrua, Nigeria., Adomeh D; Institute of Lassa fever Research and Control, Irrua Specialist Teaching Hospital, Irrua, Nigeria., Odia I; Institute of Lassa fever Research and Control, Irrua Specialist Teaching Hospital, Irrua, Nigeria., Atafo R; Lassa fever Ward, Irrua Specialist Teaching Hospital, Irrua, Nigeria., Aire C; Institute of Lassa fever Research and Control, Irrua Specialist Teaching Hospital, Irrua, Nigeria., Okogbenin S; Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Irrua Specialist Teaching Hospital, Irrua, Nigeria., Pahlman M; Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, Hamburg, Germany; German Centre for Infection Research, Partner site, Hamburg, Germany., Becker-Ziaja B; Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, Hamburg, Germany; German Centre for Infection Research, Partner site, Hamburg, Germany., Asogun D; Institute of Lassa fever Research and Control, Irrua Specialist Teaching Hospital, Irrua, Nigeria., Fradet T; Fathom Information Design, Boston, MA, USA., Fry B; Fathom Information Design, Boston, MA, USA., Schaffner SF; Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA; Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, USA; Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA., Happi C; Department of Biological Sciences and African Center of Excellence for Genomics of Infectious Diseases, Redeemer's University, Edo, Nigeria., Akpede G; Department of Paediatrics, Irrua Specialist Teaching Hospital, Irrua, Nigeria; Department of Paediatrics, Faculty of Clinical Sciences, Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma, Edo, Nigeria., Günther S; Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, Hamburg, Germany; German Centre for Infection Research, Partner site, Hamburg, Germany., Sabeti PC; Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA; Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, USA; Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Maryland, MD, USA; Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA.

Publikováno v: The Lancet. Infectious diseases [Lancet Infect Dis] 2018 Jun; Vol. 18 (6), pp. 684-695. Date of Electronic Publication: 2018 Mar 06.