title: Encephalitis caused by Chikungunya virus in a traveler from the Kingdom of Tonga.
abstract: Febrile travelers from countries with unique endemic pathogens pose a significant diagnostic challenge. In this report, we describe the case of a Tongan man presenting with fever, rash, and altered mental status. The diagnosis of Chikungunya encephalitis was made using a laboratory-developed real-time RT-PCR and serologic testing.
authors: Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases and Geographic Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA.
authors: Joanna
authors: J
authors: Nelson
authors: Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases and Geographic Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA.
authors: Jesse J
authors: JJ
authors: Waggoner
authors: Department of Pathology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA.
authors: Malaya K
authors: MK
authors: Sahoo
authors: Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases and Geographic Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA.
authors: Philip M
authors: PM
authors: Grant
authors: Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases and Geographic Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA Department of Pathology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA bpinsky@stanford.edu.
authors: Benjamin A
authors: BA
authors: Pinsky
mesh_terms: D065632:Chikungunya Fever / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002646:Chikungunya virus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D018792:Encephalitis, Viral / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D060888:Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods; D014058:Tonga; D014195:Travel