Volume : VII, Issue : XI, November - 2017

A case report of dengue encephalitis

Somshankar Pandey, Naima Mannan, Usha Jaipal

Abstract :

 Dengue is classically considered a non–neurotropic virus, various case reports have shown there is  increasing evidence for dengue viral neurotropism, suggesting that, there may be an element of direct viral encephalitis in patients with dengue.  We present a case of dengue encephalitis, diagnosis of which was confirmed by blood and cereospinal fluid dengue serology and (NS1) antigen assay. The case showed extensive lesions involving the thalamus ,midain, and cerebellum on both sides of the  ain in symmetrical fashion

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Somshankar Pandey, Naima Mannan, Usha Jaipal, A case report of dengue encephalitis, INDIAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED RESEARCH : Volume-7 | Issue-11 | November-2017

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