St. Louis encephalitis

An acute arboviral infection caused by a virus of the <i>Flaviviridae</i> family transmitted by an infected mosquito, and characterized by the onset of flulike symptoms such as fever, malaise, headache, cough, and sore throat that can progress to meningitis or encephalitis with symptoms like nausea, vomiting, confusion, stiff neck, disorientation, irritability, tremors, and convulsions. Photophobia, cranial nerve palsies, and even coma may occur.

Fever

Elevated body temperature due to failed thermoregulation.

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PMID (PMCID)
18262042	OTHER	Child
	Pathogenic flaviviruses.
	Gould EA, Solomon T. Lancet. 2008;371(9611):500-9.
	Haemorrhagic disease, encephalitis, biphasic fever, flaccid paralysis, and jaundice are typical manifestations of diseases in human beings after infections by mosquito-borne or tick-borne flaviviruses such as yellow fever, dengue, West Nile, St Louis encephalitis, Japanese encephalitis, tick-borne encephalitis, Kyasanur Forest disease, and Omsk haemorrhagic fever.
18262042	OTHER	Child
	Pathogenic flaviviruses.
	Gould EA, Solomon T. Lancet. 2008;371(9611):500-9.
	Haemorrhagic disease, encephalitis, biphasic fever, flaccid paralysis, and jaundice are typical manifestations of diseases in human beings after infections by mosquito-borne or tick-borne flaviviruses such as yellow fever, dengue, West Nile, St Louis encephalitis, Japanese encephalitis, tick-borne encephalitis, Kyasanur Forest disease, and Omsk haemorrhagic fever.
15602196	MALE	Infant, Newborn
	St. Louis encephalitis in early infancy.
	Wootton SH, Kaplan SL, Perrotta DM, Martin DA, Campbell GL. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2004;23(10):951-4.
	We describe a case of St. Louis encephalitis in a 19-day-old infant who presented with fever and seizure activity.