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2022 Mar


Open Forum Infect Dis


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Encephalitis Caused by Jamestown Canyon Virus in a Liver Transplant Patient, North Carolina, USA, 2017.

Authors

Ciccone EJ, Markmann AJ, Srinivas ML, Levinson KJ, Miller MB, van Duin D, Gay CL
Open Forum Infect Dis. 2022 Mar; 9(3):ofac031.
PMID: 35187195.

Abstract

We describe the first documented case of Jamestown Canyon virus (JCV) in North Carolina, which occurred in a liver transplant patient who presented acutely with headache, aphasia, and confusion. This is also the first report of recovery from JCV encephalitis following treatment with intravenous immune globulin.