Parainfluenza virus type 3: isolation from CSF of a patient with Guillain-Barré syndrome. uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • We report the isolation of parainfluenza virus type 3 from the CSF of a 19-year-old man with Guillain-Barré syndrome. Although parainfluenza viruses are usually associated with respiratory tract illnesses, some strains show a neurotropism not previously appreciated. Thus, parainfluenza viruses may be responsible for a portion of cases of Guillain-Barré syndrome.

publication date

  • October 6, 1978

Research

keywords

  • Cerebrospinal Fluid
  • Polyradiculopathy
  • Respirovirus

Identity

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 0018177606

PubMed ID

  • 211275

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 240

issue

  • 15