Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infection and West Nile encephalitis in a patient with chronic kidney disease

Andrejkovits, Vince Akos; Asztalos, Alexandra Ioana; Bodnar, Nina Ioana; Zaharia-Kezdi, Erzsebet Iringo; Vasiesiu, Anca Meda

Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infection and West Nile encephalitis in a patient with chronic kidney disease

Volume 11 (2025): Issue 4 (October 2025)

By: Vince Akos Andrejkovits, Alexandra Ioana Asztalos, Nina Ioana Bodnar, Erzsebet Iringo Zaharia-Kezdi and Anca Meda Vasiesiu

Open Access

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jccm-2025-0040 | Journal eISSN: 2393-1817 | Journal ISSN: 2393-1809

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Language: English

Page range: 429 - 434

Submitted on: Jul 9, 2025

Accepted on: Sep 14, 2025

Published on: Oct 31, 2025

Published by: University of Medicine, Pharmacy, Science and Technology of Targu Mures

In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

Publication frequency: 4 issues per year

Keywords:

COVID-19,

West Nile virus,

encephalitis,

end-stage renal disease,

Related subjects:

Internal medicine, other,

Surgery,

Surgery, other,

Anaesthesiology,

Emergency medicine and intensive-care medicine

© 2025 Vince Akos Andrejkovits, Alexandra Ioana Asztalos, Nina Ioana Bodnar, Erzsebet Iringo Zaharia-Kezdi, Anca Meda Vasiesiu, published by University of Medicine, Pharmacy, Science and Technology of Targu Mures
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