Erschienen in:
19.01.2017 | Case Report
Chikungunya infection presenting as mild encephalitis with a reversible lesion in the splenium: a case report
verfasst von:
Kadam Nagpal, Puneet Agarwal, Amit Kumar, Rajashekhar Reddi
Erschienen in:
Journal of NeuroVirology
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Ausgabe 3/2017
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Abstract
Chikungunya fever is an Aedes mosquito-transmitted infection caused by chikungunya virus, an RNA virus in the family Togaviridae. The disease is characteristically manifested as fever, arthralgia, and/or rash. Various neurological manifestations like meningoencephalitis, myelitis, and myeloneuropathy have been mentioned in various reports. We present a rare case of chikungunya fever presenting with mild encephalitis with a reversible lesion of the splenium (MERS), which showed complete clinical and radiological recovery.