Cerebral glucose hypometabolism in tick-borne encephalitis, a pilot study in 10 patients

• Main Authors: Dietmann, Anelia, Putzer, Daniel, Beer, Ronny, Helbok, Raimund, Pfausler, Bettina, Nordin, Abdul Jalil Manshad, Virgolini, Irene J., Grams, Astrid E., Schmutzhard, Erich
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: B M J Group 2016
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/44012/1/Cerebral%20glucose%20hypometabolism%20in%20tick-borne%20encephalitis%2C%20a%20pilot%20study%20in%2010%20patients.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/44012/; https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1201971216311079?via%3Dihub

Background: Tick borne encephalitis (TBE) is an acute meningoencephalitis with or without myelitis caused by an RNA virus from the flavivirus family transmitted by Ixodes spp ticks. The neurotropic TBE virus infects preferentially large neurons in basal ganglia, anterior horns, medulla oblongata, Pu...