Pseudorabies virus encephalitis in humans : a case series study

Pseudorabies virus (PRV) is known to cause severe encephalitis in juvenile pigs and various non-native hosts; recent evidences suggest that PRV might cause encephalitis in humans. In a multicenter cohort study in China, next-generation sequencing of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) was performed to detect pathogens in all patients with clinically suspected central nervous system infections. This study involved all the patients whose CSF samples were positive for PRV-DNA; their clinical features were evaluated, and species-specific PCR and serological tests were sequentially applied for validation. Among the 472 patients tested from June 1, 2016, to December 1, 2018, six were positive for PRV-DNA, which were partially validated by PCR and serological tests. Additionally, we retrospectively examined another case with similar clinical and neuroimaging appearance and detected the presence of PRV-DNA. These patients had similar clinical manifestations, including a rapid progression of panencephalitis, and similar neuroimaging features of symmetric lesions in the basal ganglia and bilateral hemispheres. Six of the patients were engaged in occupations connected with swine production. PRV infection should be suspected in patients with rapidly progressive panencephalitis and characteristic neuroimaging features, especially with exposure to swine.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:26

Enthalten in:

Journal of neurovirology - 26(2020), 4 vom: 22. Aug., Seite 556-564

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Fan, Siyuan [VerfasserIn]
Yuan, Hongxun [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Lei [VerfasserIn]
Li, Hongfang [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Shengnan [VerfasserIn]
Zhao, Weili [VerfasserIn]
Wu, Yihan [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Pei [VerfasserIn]
Hu, Yafang [VerfasserIn]
Han, Jun [VerfasserIn]
Lyu, Yanli [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Wuchao [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Peng [VerfasserIn]
Wu, Honglong [VerfasserIn]
Gong, Yanping [VerfasserIn]
Ma, Zhenzi [VerfasserIn]
Li, Yongjun [VerfasserIn]
Yu, JiaoJiao [VerfasserIn]
Qiao, Xiaodong [VerfasserIn]
Li, Guoli [VerfasserIn]
Zhao, Yan [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Dexin [VerfasserIn]
Ren, Haitao [VerfasserIn]
Peng, Bin [VerfasserIn]
Cui, Liying [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Jiawei [VerfasserIn]
Guan, Hongzhi [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Antibodies, Viral
Case Reports
Cerebrospinal fluid
DNA, Viral
Encephalitis
Humans
Journal Article
Multicenter Study
Next-generation sequencing
Pseudorabies virus
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 06.07.2021

Date Revised 06.07.2021

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1007/s13365-020-00855-y

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM311513646