title: West Nile virus infection presenting as cerebellar ataxia and fever: case report.
abstract: Evidence of West Nile encephalitis virus infection has been documented in most states of the continental United States within a short period of its first introduction in 1999. Health care providers are mostly aware of the usual presentations of this disease, eg, aseptic meningitis, encephalitis and Guillain-Barré syndrome. We present a patient whose only manifestations were cerebellar ataxia and fever.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Coney Island Hospital, Brooklyn, NY 11235, USA.
authors.forename: Karthikeyan
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kanagarajan
authors.forename: Sivajini
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ganesh
authors.forename: Mazen
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Alakhras
authors.forename: Eddie S
authors.initials: ES
authors.lastname: Go
authors.forename: Rose A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Recco
authors.forename: Muhammad M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Zaman
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000818:Animals; D002524:Cerebellar Ataxia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology*; D009033:Culicidae / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D005260:Female; D005334:Fever / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D007299:Insect Bites and Stings / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014901:West Nile Fever / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis*