Detection of West Nile and Japanese Encephalitis Viral Genome Sequences in Cerebrospinal Fluid from Acute Encephalitis Cases in Karachi, Pakistan
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- Igarashi Akira
- Department of Virology, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Nagasaki University
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- Tanaka Mariko
- Department of Virology, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Nagasaki University
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- Morita Kouichi
- Department of Virology, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Nagasaki University
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- Takasu Toshiaki
- Department of Neurology, Nihon University Medical School
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- Ahmed Akhtar
- Department of Neurology, Dow Medical College, Civil Hospital
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- Ahmed Arsalam
- Department of Neurology, Dow Medical College, Civil Hospital
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- Akram D.S.
- Department of Pediatrics, Dow Medical College, Civil Hospital
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- Waqar M. Anwar
- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Human Sciences, Aga Khan University
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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.
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- MICROBIOLOGY and IMMUNOLOGY
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MICROBIOLOGY and IMMUNOLOGY 38 (10), 827-830, 1994
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