Diagnosis of Fatal Human Case of St. Louis Encephalitis Virus Infection by Metagenomic Sequencing, California, 2016.

ABSTRACT: We used unbiased metagenomic next-generation sequencing to diagnose a fatal case of meningoencephalitis caused by St. Louis encephalitis virus in a patient from California in September 2016. This case is associated with the recent 2015-2016 reemergence of this virus in the southwestern United States.

SUBMITTER: Chiu CY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5621550 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature