Journal article
Neuroimaging of Emergent and Reemergent Infections
Radiographics, Vol.39(6), pp.1649-1671
10/01/2019
DOI: 10.1148/rg.2019190020
PMID: 31589575
Abstract
Infectious diseases emerge and reemerge over the years, and many of them can cause neurologic disease. Several factors contribute to the emergence and reemergence of these conditions, including human population growth, an increase in international travel, the geographic expansion of recognized pathogens to areas where they were previously nonendemic, and greater contact with wild animal reservoirs. The antivaccination social movement has played an important role in the reemergence of infectious diseases, especially some viral conditions. The authors review different viral (arboviruses such as dengue, chikungunya, and Zika virus; enterovirus 71; measles; and influenza), bacterial (syphilis, Lyme disease, and listeriosis), and parasitic (Chagas disease) diseases, focusing primarily on their neurologic complications. Although there are several additional infectious diseases with central nervous system manifestations that could be classified as emergent or reemergent, those listed here are the most relevant from an epidemiologic standpoint and are representative of important public health issues on all continents. The infections caused by these pathogens often show a variety of neuroimaging patterns that can be identified at CT and MRI, and radiology is central to the diagnosis and follow-up of such conditions. Given the increasing relevance of emerging and reemerging infections in clinical practice and public health scenarios, radiologists should be familiar with these infections.
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Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Neuroimaging of Emergent and Reemergent Infections
- Creators
- Rafael Lourenco do Carmo - Beneficência Portuguesa de São PauloAylla Keiner Alves Simao - Beneficência Portuguesa de São PauloLazaro Luis Faria do Amaral - Beneficência Portuguesa de São PauloBruno Shigueo Yonekura Inada - Beneficência Portuguesa de São PauloCamila Filardi Silveira - Beneficência Portuguesa de São PauloChristiane Monteiro de Siqueira Campos - Beneficência Portuguesa de São PauloLeonardo Furtado Freitas - Beneficência Portuguesa de São PauloVictor Bonadio - Beneficência Portuguesa de São PauloVictor Hugo Rocha Marussi - Beneficência Portuguesa de São Paulo
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Radiographics, Vol.39(6), pp.1649-1671
- Publisher
- Radiological Soc North America
- DOI
- 10.1148/rg.2019190020
- PMID
- 31589575
- ISSN
- 0271-5333
- eISSN
- 1527-1323
- Number of pages
- 23
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 10/01/2019
- Academic Unit
- Radiology
- Record Identifier
- 9984697619302771
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