Childhood chorea-encephalopathy associated with recent parvovirus B19 infection in two Jamaican children.
This case report highlights the course of two healthy unrelated children with an encephalopathy characterised by dyskinesia, seizures, hemiparesis and behavioural change associated with recent human parvovirus B19 infection. The cases are compared with a previously described case of childhood chorea encephalopathy associated with human parvovirus B19 infection.
Department of Obstetrics, Gynaecology & Child Health, University of the West Indies, Kingston, Jamaica. rmelbournechambers@gmail.com
R H Melbourne
RH
Chambers
M A
MA
Gooden
T D Evans
TD
Gilbert
S T
ST
Jackson
D002819:Chorea / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000821:virology*; D005260:Female; D006501:Hepatic Encephalopathy / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000821:virology*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007563:Jamaica; D008297:Male; D010322:Parvoviridae Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000821:virology; D016732:Parvovirus B19, Human