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Editor, Senior Moderator
Clin Infect Dis. 2017 Aug 7. doi: 10.1093/cid/cix707. [Epub ahead of print]
[h=1]Influenza A(H5N1) virus infection in a child with encephalitis complicated by obstructive hydrocephalus.[/h] Mak GCK[SUP]1,[/SUP][SUP]2[/SUP], Kwan MY[SUP]3[/SUP], Mok CKP[SUP]2[/SUP], Lo JYC[SUP]1[/SUP], Peiris M[SUP]2[/SUP], Leung CW[SUP]3[/SUP].
[h=3]Author information[/h]
[h=3]Abstract[/h] A two-year-old boy with highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) A(H5N1) virus infection with minimal respiratory symptoms developed encephalitis complicated by obstructive hydrocephalus. Viral RNA was detectable in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). The virus belonged to H5N1 clade 2.3.2.1b and had acquired a mammalian adaptation mutation PB2 Q591K.
? The Author 2017. Published by Oxford University Press for the Infectious Diseases Society of America.
[h=4]KEYWORDS:[/h] H5N1; avian influenza; central nervous system infection; hydrocephalus
PMID: 29020163 DOI: 10.1093/cid/cix707
[h=1]Influenza A(H5N1) virus infection in a child with encephalitis complicated by obstructive hydrocephalus.[/h] Mak GCK[SUP]1,[/SUP][SUP]2[/SUP], Kwan MY[SUP]3[/SUP], Mok CKP[SUP]2[/SUP], Lo JYC[SUP]1[/SUP], Peiris M[SUP]2[/SUP], Leung CW[SUP]3[/SUP].
[h=3]Author information[/h]
[h=3]Abstract[/h] A two-year-old boy with highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) A(H5N1) virus infection with minimal respiratory symptoms developed encephalitis complicated by obstructive hydrocephalus. Viral RNA was detectable in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). The virus belonged to H5N1 clade 2.3.2.1b and had acquired a mammalian adaptation mutation PB2 Q591K.
? The Author 2017. Published by Oxford University Press for the Infectious Diseases Society of America.
[h=4]KEYWORDS:[/h] H5N1; avian influenza; central nervous system infection; hydrocephalus
PMID: 29020163 DOI: 10.1093/cid/cix707