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SUBMITTER: Fabrizius RG
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5094233 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Fabrizius Ryan G RG Anderson Kathryn K Hendel-Paterson Brett B Kaiser Robyn M RM Maalim Salahudin S Walker Patricia F PF
The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene 20161017 5
Zika virus (ZIKV) is a mosquito-borne flavivirus with a significant public health impact highlighted by the ongoing epidemic in the Americas. We describe a 44-year-old male presenting to our tropical medicine center with complaints of fever, headache, joint pain, and rash after recent travel to Guyana. The patient subsequently developed gait imbalance and lower extremity weakness with clinical examination, cerebrospinal fluid studies, and magnetic resonance imaging of the spine consistent with a ...[more]