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Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases Volume 40, 2008 - Issue 11-12
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A fatal case of encephalitis associated with Chikungunya virus infection

Stefania Casolari From the Department of Infectious Diseases, Ospedale Santa Maria, Ravenna
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Elisabetta Briganti From the Department of Infectious Diseases, Ospedale Santa Maria, Ravenna
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Miriam Zanotti From the Department of Infectious Diseases, Ospedale Santa Maria, Ravenna
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Tiziano Zauli From the Department of Infectious Diseases, Ospedale Santa Maria, Ravenna
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Loredana Nicoletti Department of Infectious, Parasitic and Immunomediated Diseases, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy
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Fabio Magurano Department of Infectious, Parasitic and Immunomediated Diseases, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy
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Claudia Fortuna Department of Infectious, Parasitic and Immunomediated Diseases, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy
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Cristiano Fiorentini Department of Infectious, Parasitic and Immunomediated Diseases, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy
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Maria Grazia Ciufolini Department of Infectious, Parasitic and Immunomediated Diseases, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy
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Giovanni Rezza Department of Infectious, Parasitic and Immunomediated Diseases, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, ItalyCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 995-996 | Received 18 Aug 2008, Published online: 08 Jul 2009
 
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Abstract

An outbreak of Chikungunya fever occurred in north-east Italy in the summer of 2007. Only 1 fatal case was observed, in an 83-y-old male hospitalized with encephalitis. Viral genome was detected at high level (1.5×108 copies/ml) in the cerebrospinal fluid 7 d after symptoms onset.

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