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Chikungunya infection presenting as mild encephalitis with a reversible lesion in the splenium: a case report

Journal of NeuroVirology volume 23, pages 501–503 (2017)Cite this article

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Chikungunya fever is an Aedes mosquito-transmitted infection caused by chikungunya virus, an RNA virus in the family Togaviridae. The disease is characteristically manifested as fever, arthralgia, and/or rash. Various neurological manifestations like meningoencephalitis, myelitis, and myeloneuropathy have been mentioned in various reports. We present a rare case of chikungunya fever presenting with mild encephalitis with a reversible lesion of the splenium (MERS), which showed complete clinical and radiological recovery.

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    Kadam Nagpal, Puneet Agarwal & Rajashekhar Reddi

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Nagpal, K., Agarwal, P., Kumar, A. et al. Chikungunya infection presenting as mild encephalitis with a reversible lesion in the splenium: a case report. J. Neurovirol. 23, 501–503 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13365-017-0515-2

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Keywords

  • Chikungunya
  • Encephalitis
  • Reversible splenial lesion