Lewthwaite Penny, Vasanthapuram Ravi, Osborne Jane C, Begum Ashia, Plank Jenna L M, Shankar M Veera, Hewson Roger, Desai Anita, Beeching Nick J, Ravikumar Ravi, Solomon Tom
University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK.
Emerg Infect Dis. 2009 Feb;15(2):329-31. doi: 10.3201/eid1502.080902.
Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) is a mosquito-borne alphavirus best known for causing fever, rash, arthralgia, and occasional neurologic disease. By using real-time reverse transcription-PCR, we detected CHIKV in plasma samples of 8 (14%) of 58 children with suspected central nervous system infection in Bellary, India. CHIKV was also detected in the cerebrospinal fluid of 3 children.
基孔肯雅病毒(CHIKV)是一种由蚊子传播的甲病毒,以引起发热、皮疹、关节痛和偶尔的神经疾病而闻名。通过实时逆转录聚合酶链反应,我们在印度贝拉里58名疑似中枢神经系统感染儿童的血浆样本中检测到了8例(14%)基孔肯雅病毒。在3名儿童的脑脊液中也检测到了基孔肯雅病毒。