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West Nile virus meningitis in a patient with human immunodeficiency virus type 1 infection.

ABSTRACT: The emergence of West Nile virus lineage 2 in central Macedonia, Greece, in 2010 resulted in large outbreaks for 5 consecutive years. We report a case of viral meningitis in an individual infected with human immunodeficiency virus type 1, which preceded the recognition of the outbreak and was confirmed retrospectively as West Nile virus neuroinvasive disease.

SUBMITTER: Pilalas D

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5554934 | biostudies-other | 2017 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other

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