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Influenza B encephalitis.

Year: 1987

Type: article

Abstract: SEROLOGICALLY CONFIRMED influenza B encephalitis has not been reported in adults.This disorder has been described for many years, with an association being inferred from a temporal relation between neurologic disorders and influenza epi- demics.t 2 Homer has presented serologic evidence of en- cephalitis caused by influenza A.3 A teenaged girl has been reported to have an acute encephalitis associated with a naso- pharyngeal culture positive for influenza B, but serologic testing was not reported.4During an influenza B outbreak in Chicago in 1971, 16 grade school students with encephalop- athy (of which half had Reye's syndrome) showed serologic evidence of influenza B infection.5In the following report, encephalitis developed in an adult patient with a serologically documented influenza B infection.

Source: PubMed Central

Author: W H Bayer

Language: English

Topic: Infectious Encephalopathies and Encephalitis

Subfield: Infectious Diseases

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W109811800

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Cites: 6

Cited by: 11

Related to: 10