Journal article
Rapid Detection of Powassan Virus in a Patient With Encephalitis by Metagenomic Sequencing
Clinical infectious diseases, Vol.66(5), pp.789-792
03/01/2018
DOI: 10.1093/cid/cix792
PMCID: PMC5850433
PMID: 29020227
Abstract
We describe a patient with severe and progressive encephalitis of unknown etiology. We performed rapid metagenomic sequencing from cerebrospinal fluid and identified Powassan virus, an emerging tick-borne flavivirus that has been increasingly detected in the United States.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Rapid Detection of Powassan Virus in a Patient With Encephalitis by Metagenomic Sequencing
- Creators
- Anne Piantadosi - Division of Infectious Diseases, Massachusetts General HospitalSanjat Kanjilal - Division of Infectious Diseases, Massachusetts General HospitalVijay Ganesh - Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, BostonArjun Khanna - Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, BostonEmily P Hyle - Division of Infectious Diseases, Massachusetts General HospitalJonathan Rosand - Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, BostonTyler Bold - Division of Infectious Diseases, Massachusetts General HospitalHayden C Metsky - Broad Institute of Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Harvard, CambridgeJacob Lemieux - Broad Institute of Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Harvard, CambridgeMichael J Leone - Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, BostonLisa Freimark - Broad Institute of Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Harvard, CambridgeChristian B Matranga - Broad Institute of Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Harvard, CambridgeGordon Adams - Division of Infectious Diseases, Massachusetts General HospitalGraham McGrath - Division of Infectious Diseases, Massachusetts General HospitalSiavash Zamirpour - Harvard University, CambridgeSam Telford - Tufts School of Veterinary Medicine, North GraftonEric Rosenberg - Division of Infectious Diseases, Massachusetts General HospitalTracey Cho - Harvard Medical School, BostonMatthew P Frosch - Harvard Medical School, BostonMarcia B Goldberg - Division of Infectious Diseases, Massachusetts General HospitalShibani S Mukerji - Harvard Medical School, BostonPardis C Sabeti - Broad Institute of Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Harvard, Cambridge
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Clinical infectious diseases, Vol.66(5), pp.789-792
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press; US
- DOI
- 10.1093/cid/cix792
- PMID
- 29020227
- PMCID
- PMC5850433
- ISSN
- 1058-4838
- eISSN
- 1537-6591
- Grant note
- KL2 TR001100 / ; ; ;
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 03/01/2018
- Academic Unit
- Neurology; Iowa Neuroscience Institute
- Record Identifier
- 9984070318202771
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