Spectrum of clinical manifestations of West Nile virus infection in children.
Reports of clinical manifestations of West Nile virus (WNV) infections in children have been relatively rare. Four cases of WNV infection in children are described: the first report of prolonged encephalitis and fulminant hepatitis caused by WNV, and 3 other presentations of WNV, including the first report of ocular involvement in a child.
Yim
Robert
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Division of Allergy, Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213-2583, USA.
Posfay-Barbe
Klara M
KM
Nolt
Dawn
D
Fatula
George
G
Wald
Ellen R
ER
D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D005128:Eye Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D015828:Eye Infections, Viral; D005260:Female; D005334:Fever / Q000209:etiology; D015600:Glasgow Coma Scale; D006261:Headache / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D017114:Liver Failure, Acute / Q000209:etiology; D008297:Male; D015868:Pars Planitis / Q000209:etiology; D012640:Seizures / Q000209:etiology*; D014786:Vision Disorders / Q000209:etiology*; D014822:Vitreous Body; D014839:Vomiting / Q000209:etiology; D014901:West Nile Fever / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D014902:West Nile virus / Q000302:isolation & purification*