Two cases of Saint Louis encephalitis in HIV-1 infected patients in Buenos Aires
| Autor: | Marcelo H. Losso, Mariana A Kundro, Guillermo A Viloria, Javier Toibaro, Alfredo Seijo |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
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Male Microbiology (medical) viruses Argentina Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) lcsh:QR1-502 Disease medicine.disease_cause Arbovirus Virus lcsh:Microbiology lcsh:Infectious and parasitic diseases HIV encephalitis medicine Humans lcsh:RC109-216 Cities Immunodeficiency Medicine(all) Mosquito-borne disease AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections Encephalitis St. Louis business.industry virus diseases encephalitis virus St Louis medicine.disease Virology Infectious Diseases arbovirus Immunology Saint Louis encephalitis business Encephalitis |
| Zdroj: | Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases, Vol 15, Iss 6, Pp 607-608 Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases, Vol 15, Iss 6, Pp 607-608 (2011) |
| ISSN: | 1678-4391 |
| Popis: | Saint Louis encephalitis virus (SLE) is a mosquito borne disease. Only a small proportion of cases progress to severe clinical forms. There have been few reports on HIV-infected patients and the relationship between immunodeficiency and the course of the disease remains unclear. Herein we describe two cases of SLE in HIV-1-infected patients in Buenos Aires city. Keywords: HIV encephalitis, arbovirus, encephalitis virus, St Louis |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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