West Nile Virus Mimicking Herpes Encephalitis

J Gordon Millichap

doi:10.15844/pedneurbriefs-20-9-11

West Nile Virus Mimicking Herpes Encephalitis

Pediatric Neurology Briefs

Volume 20 (2006): Issue 9

By: J Gordon Millichap

Open Access

|Sep 2006

Abstract

A 3-year-old male child with suspected herpes simplex virus encephalitis who asubsequently tested positive for West Nile virus is reported from Schneider Children’s Medical Center, Petah Tikva, Israel.

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Leen WG Weemaes CM Verbeek MM Willemsen MA Rotteveel JJ Chronic herpes simplex virus encephalitis in childhood Pediatr Neurol 2006 Jul 35 1 57 61 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2005.12.015 16814088
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Articles in this issue

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15844/pedneurbriefs-20-9-11 | Journal eISSN: 2166-6482

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Language: English

Page range: 72 - 72

Published on: Sep 1, 2006

Published by: Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers

In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

Keywords:

West Nile Virus,

Herpes Simplex Encephalitis,

Ataxia

© 2006 J Gordon Millichap, published by Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Volume 20 (2006): Issue 9