Chikungunya virus and central nervous system infections in children, India.

ABSTRACT: Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) is a mosquito-borne alphavirus best known for causing fever, rash, arthralgia, and occasional neurologic disease. By using real-time reverse transcription-PCR, we detected CHIKV in plasma samples of 8 (14%) of 58 children with suspected central nervous system infection in Bellary, India. CHIKV was also detected in the cerebrospinal fluid of 3 children.

SUBMITTER: Lewthwaite P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2662654 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature