Human pegivirus detected in a patient with severe encephalitis using a metagenomic pan-virus array.
J Clin Virol 2016;
77:5-8. [PMID:
26872326 PMCID:
PMC7106502 DOI:
10.1016/j.jcv.2016.01.013]
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Abstract
Metagenomic microarray for unbiased detection of virus in patient samples.
Discovery of an occult viral infection, HPgV, in the spinal fluid of a patient with severe encephalitis.
HPgV can on rare occasions enter the CSF at high viral load, but uncertain if its presence in the CNS has any clinical implications.
We have used a metagenomic microarray to detect genomic RNA from human pegivirus in serum and cerebrospinal fluid from a patient suffering from severe encephalitis. No other pathogen was detected. HPgV in cerebrospinal fluid during encephalitis has never been reported before and its prevalence in cerebrospinal fluid needs further investigation.
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