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Detection of West Nile and Japanese Encephalitis Viral Genome Sequences in Cerebrospinal Fluid from Acute Encephalitis Cases in Karachi, Pakistan
Author(s) -
Igarashi Akira,
Tanaka Mariko,
Morita Kouichi,
Takasu Toshiaki,
Ahmed Akhtar,
Ahmed Arsalam,
Akram D.S.,
Waqar M. Anwar
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
microbiology and immunology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.664
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1348-0421
pISSN - 0385-5600
DOI - 10.1111/j.1348-0421.1994.tb01866.x
Subject(s) - virology , encephalitis , virus , cerebrospinal fluid , japanese encephalitis , polymerase chain reaction , biology , flavivirus , viral encephalitis , flaviviridae , west nile virus , viral disease , gene , genetics , neuroscience
Reverse transcriptase‐polymerase chain reaction (RT‐PCR) on 24 cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) specimens collected between February and August 1992 detected genome sequence of West Nile (WN) virus in 8 specimens and Japanese encephalitis (JE) virus in a single specimen. The results, combined with the data by IgM‐ELISA on CSF indicated that a significant proportion of acute encephalitis cases in Karachi, Pakistan, were caused by WN virus infection, while JE virus caused a small fraction.