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Acta Neurologica Belgica
Published in: Acta Neurologica Belgica 4/2019

01-12-2019 | Influenza | Letter to the Editor

An adult case of metapneumovirus-induced acute encephalitis

Authors: Matthias Mergeay, Evelien Coeckelbergh, Harald De Cauwer, Mineke Viaene, Gerry Van der Mieren

Published in: Acta Neurologica Belgica | Issue 4/2019

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Human metapneumovirus (HMPV) is a single negative-stranded RNA-enveloped virus in the Paramyxoviridae family [1]. HMPV is known to cause respiratory tract infections. HMPV-induced encephalitis has only sporadically been documented, mostly in children [2]. In adults only three former reports exist [1, 3, 4]. …
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Metadata
Title
An adult case of metapneumovirus-induced acute encephalitis
Authors
Matthias Mergeay
Evelien Coeckelbergh
Harald De Cauwer
Mineke Viaene
Gerry Van der Mieren
Publication date
01-12-2019
Publisher
Springer International Publishing
Published in
Acta Neurologica Belgica / Issue 4/2019
Print ISSN: 0300-9009
Electronic ISSN: 2240-2993
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s13760-019-01128-0

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