Multi-assay investigation of viral etiology in pediatric central nervous system infections

• Main Authors: Aylin Altay-Kocak, Gulendam Bozdayi, Janine Michel, Meltem Polat, Saliha Kanik-Yuksek, Hasan Tezer, Aykut Ozkul, Kamruddin Ahmed, Andreas Nitsche, Koray Ergunay
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: Journal of Infection in Developing Countries 2020
• Subjects: RJ1-570 Pediatrics
• Online Access: https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/32549/1/Multi-assay%20investigation%20of%20viral%20etiology%20in%20pediatric%20central%20nervous%20system%20infections.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/32549/2/Multi-assay%20investigation%20of%20viral%20etiology%20in%20pediatric%20central%20nervous%20system%20infections%20_ABSTRACT.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/32549/; https://jidc.org/index.php/journal/article/view/12327; https://doi.org/10.3855/jidc.12327

Introduction: In an attempt to identify a wide spectrum of viral infections, cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) specimens were collected from pediatric cases with the preliminary diagnosis of viral encephalitis/meningoencephalitis in two reference hospitals, from October 2011 to December 2015. Methodology: A...