Possible Central Nervous System Infection by SARS Coronavirus

Autor: Kwok-Kwong Lau, Wai-Cho Yu, Chung-Ming Chu, Suet-Ting Lau, Bun Sheng, K.Y. Yuen
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2004
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Zdroj: Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol 10, Iss 2, Pp 342-344 (2004)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1080-6040
1080-6059
DOI: 10.3201/eid1002.030638
Popis: On day 22 of illness, generalized tonic-clonic convulsion developed in a 32-year-old woman with severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS). Cerebrospinal fluid tested positive for SARS coronavirus (SARS-CoV) by reverse transcriptase–polymerase chain reaction. SARS-CoV may have caused an infection in the central nervous system in this patient.
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