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Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg., 75(6), 2006, pp. 1232-1233
Copyright © 2006 by The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

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MYOCARDITIS IN WEST NILE VIRUS INFECTION

STEVEN A. PERGAM, CHRISTINE E. DELONG, LEONOR ECHEVARRIA, GAIL SCULLY, AND DIANE E. GOADE*
Department of Medicine, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, New Mexico; Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington; Department of Medicine, Presbyterian Hospital, Albuquerque, New Mexico

 

ABSTRACT

West Nile virus (WNV) myocarditis has been documented pathologically in birds and mammals but has rarely been reported in human clinical syndromes. We describe myocarditis associated with WNV.

Received October 28, 2005. Accepted for publication August 31, 2006.

* Address correspondence to Diane E. Goade, MSC, 10-5550, 1 University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131. E-mail: dgoade{at}salud.unm.edu

Authors’ addresses: Steven A. Pergam, 1507 14th Avenue, Apt. 201, Seattle, WA 98122, E-mail: spergam{at}u.washington.edu. Christine E. DeLong and Diane E. Goade, MSC 10-5550, 1 University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, Telephone: 505-272-4903, Fax: 505-272-4403, E-mails: delong{at}salud.unm.edu and dgoade{at}salud.unm.edu. Leonor Echavarria, 324 Cottonwood Cove, Clarksdale, MS 38614. Gail Scully, 500 Walter NE, Suite 104, Albuquerque, NM 87102.




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