title: Acute myositis associated with the initial phase of tick-borne encephalitis.
abstract: We present a case of clinically overt acute myositis associated with the initial phase of tick-borne encephalitis in a ten-year-old boy. The diagnosis of the disease was confirmed by detection of tick-borne encephalitis virus RNA in blood prior to the development of serum specific antibodies and the second phase of the disease.
authors.affiliation: University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Japljeva 2, 1525 Ljubljana, Slovenia. maja.arnez@kclj.si
authors.forename: Maja
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Arnež
authors.forename: Tatjana
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Avšič-Županc
authors.forename: Eva
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ružić-Sabljić
mesh_terms: D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000097:blood; D002648:Child; D004669:Encephalitis Viruses, Tick-Borne / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D004675:Encephalitis, Tick-Borne / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000821:virology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009220:Myositis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000821:virology; D012367:RNA, Viral / Q000097:blood
chemical_list: D000914:Antibodies, Viral; D012367:RNA, Viral