1. Zika virus detection in cerebrospinal fluid from two patients with encephalopathy, Martinique, February 2016
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Benoît Rozé, Sarah Gourgoudou, André Cabié, Kossivi Apetse, Yannick Brouste, Patrick Hochedez, Aissatou Signate, Fatiha Najioullah, Sylvie Abel, Raymond Césaire, and Laurence Fagour
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Male ,0301 basic medicine ,Epidemiology ,viruses ,Encephalopathy ,Zika virus ,Young Adult ,03 medical and health sciences ,Cerebrospinal fluid ,Virology ,medicine ,Humans ,Martinique ,In patient ,Encephalitis, Viral ,Aged ,Cerebrospinal Fluid ,biology ,Zika Virus Infection ,Arthropod-borne Virus ,Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health ,Outbreak ,Zika Virus ,medicine.disease ,biology.organism_classification ,Flavivirus ,030104 developmental biology ,Population Surveillance ,Immunology ,Female - Abstract
We report two cases of encephalopathy (one with seizures, one with electroencephalogram changes) in patients with Zika virus infection. The cases occurred on Martinique in February 2016, during the Zika virus outbreak. Awareness of the various neurological complications of Zika virus infection is needed for patients living in areas affected by Zika virus infections or for travellers to these areas.
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- 2016
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