West Nile Virus Encephalitis in a Child with Left‐Side Weakness
Open Access
- 15 September 2003
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Clinical Infectious Diseases
- Vol. 37 (6) , e91-e94
- https://doi.org/10.1086/377263
Abstract
West Nile virus typically causes self-limited fever with flulike symptoms; pediatric cases are rare. We report a unique case involving a 7-year-old girl with left-side weakness and focal temporal lobe findings resembling herpes encephalitis.Keywords
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