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2220-3249 (online) |
| Open Access |
This article is an open-access article that was selected by an in-house editor and fully peer-reviewed by external reviewers. It is distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited and the use is non-commercial. See: http://creativecommons.org/Licenses/by-nc/4.0/ |
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© The Author(s) 2025. Published by Baishideng Publishing Group Inc. All rights reserved. |
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Baishideng Publishing Group Inc, 7041 Koll Center Parkway, Suite 160, Pleasanton, CA 94566, USA |
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http://www.wjgnet.com |
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Virology |
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Retrospective Study |
| Article Title |
Detection of dengue virus encephalitis in central part of Sri Lanka
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Invited Manuscript |
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Inuri Perera, Achini Weerathunga, Nipuni Arachchige, Lakmali Rajamanthri, Sachini Fernando and Rohitha Muthugala |
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Rohitha Muthugala, Consultant, MD, Department of Molecular Biology, Medical Research Institute, No. 527 Dr. Danister De Silva Mawatha, Colombo 00800, Western, Sri Lanka. rohithavm@yahoo.com |
| Key Words |
Flavivirus; Central nervous system infections; Neurotropic viruses; Dengue; Sri Lanka |
| Core Tip |
Encephalitis due to arbovirus infections is a significant public health problem in tropical Asia. Encephalitis is caused by wide range of neurotropic pathogens, and flaviviruses are one of the main causative agents in tropics. Sri Lanka reports a considerable number of central nervous system infections annually. Both dengue and Japanese encephalitis are endemic, and cases of Zika and West Nile virus infections were reported in Sri Lanka. This study describes dengue virus (DENV) infections in clinically suspected patients with encephalitis in the central part of the country. A retrospective observational analysis was conducted on 99 cerebrospinal fluid samples. One sample was positive for dengue serotype 3 RNA and five samples were positive for dengue immunoglobulin M indicating recent DENV infections. These findings highlight the presence of DENV central nervous system infections and emphasize the need for broader surveillance and advanced diagnostics in future. |
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2025-12-25 09:13 |
| Citation |
Perera I, Weerathunga A, Arachchige N, Rajamanthri L, Fernando S, Muthugala R. Detection of dengue virus encephalitis in central part of Sri Lanka. World J Virol 2025; 14(4): 115071 |
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https://www.wjgnet.com/2220-3249/full/v14/i4/115071.htm |
| DOI |
https://dx.doi.org/10.5501/wjv.v14.i4.115071 |
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