Flaviviruses as agents of childhood central nervous system infections in Brazil
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Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
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Flaviviruses are agents of a major emerging human public health issue and members of this genus have been associated with central nervous system (CNS) infections. In Brazil, a country endemic for some arboviruses, the most clinically relevant neurotropic flaviviruses include Dengue virus and Zika virus. Flaviviruses cause diseases ranging from mild or sub-clinical infections to severe cases as CNS infections. There is a lack of data about the incidence of flaviviruses in the CNS of children in Brazil. In this review, we provide a general overview of several flaviviruses that cause CNS infections in Brazilian children and explore the importance of epidemiological surveillance of CNS infections in cases of flavivirus infections.
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Brasil, Zika virus, Líquido Cefalorraquidiano, Criança, Flavivirus, Vírus da Dengue, Sistema Nervoso Central, Vírus da Encefalite de St. Louis
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Brazil, Children, Cerebrospinal fluid, Central nervous system, Children, Dengue virus, Flavivirus, Saint Louis encephalitis virus, Zika virus
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https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2052297519300691