Ebola virus related encephalitis
Abstract
Ebola patients present frequently behavioural modifications with ideation slowing and aggressiveness, sometimes contrasting with mild severity of Ebola disease. We performed lumbar punctures in three patients with this presentation and found Ebola virus in all cerebrospinal fluids. This discovery helps to discuss the concept of a specific Ebola virus encephalitis.
- Thierry de Greslan1,2,
- Magali Billhot1,3,
- Claire Rousseau1,4,
- Christine Mac Nab1,2,
- Ludovic Karkowski1,5,
- Jean-Marie Cournac1,2,
- Julien Bordes1,6,
- Nicolas Gagnon1,5,
- Philippe Dubrous1,7,
- Sandrine Duron1,
- Sophie Moroge1,8,
- Benoit Quentin1,9,
- Fassou Koulibaly1,10,
- Flavie Bompaire2,
- Jean-Luc Renard2, and
- Gilles Cellarier1,6
Abstract
Ebola patients present frequently behavioural modifications with ideation slowing and aggressiveness, sometimes contrasting with mild severity of Ebola disease. We performed lumbar punctures in three patients with this presentation and found Ebola virus in all cerebrospinal fluids. This discovery helps to discuss the concept of a specific Ebola virus encephalitis.