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Prolonged Detection of Japanese Encephalitis Virus in Urine and Whole Blood in a Returned Short-term Traveler

Open Forum Infectious Diseases (2017) 4(4)
DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofx203
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We describe a fatal case of Japanese encephalitis virus infection following short-term travel to Thailand. Viral RNA was detected in urine and whole blood out to 26 and 28 days, respectively, after the onset of symptoms. Live virus was isolated from a urine specimen from day 14.

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Huang, G. K. L., Tio, S. Y., Caly, L., Nicholson, S., Thevarajan, I., Papadakis, G., … Druce, J. (2017). Prolonged Detection of Japanese Encephalitis Virus in Urine and Whole Blood in a Returned Short-term Traveler. Open Forum Infectious Diseases, 4(4). https://doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofx203

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