Open AccessHigh cerebrospinal fluid protein level in West Nile virus ncephalitis: report of five cases
Author(s) -
Oğuz Karabay,
Nazan Tuna,
Mehmet Yahyaoğlu,
Ozturk Gokcen
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
turkish journal of medical sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.277
H-Index - 27
eISSN - 1303-6165
pISSN - 1300-0144
DOI - 10.3906/sag-1104-18
Subject(s) - medicine , cerebrospinal fluid , encephalitis , west nile virus , outbreak , viral encephalitis , virology , virus
doi:10.3906/sag-1104-18 High cerebrospinal fl uid protein level in West Nile virus encephalitis: report of fi ve cases* Oğuz KARABAY, Nazan TUNA, Mehmet YAHYAOĞLU, Gökçen ÖZTÜRK Abstract: An outbreak of West Nile virus (WNV) occurred in Greece, Russia, and Turkey in 2010. We diagnosed 5 WNV encephalitis patients, who presented with high cerebrospinal fl uid (CSF) protein level and encephalitis relevant symptoms in the last days of summer or in the fi rst days of autumn. Here, we aimed to present a retrospective analysis of 5 WNV encephalitis cases in Turkey in terms of their clinical and laboratory fi ndings