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

Emily Jane CicconeAlena J MarkmannMegan L SrinivasKara J LevinsonMelissa B MillerDavid Van DuinCynthia L Gay

Published in: Open forum infectious diseases (2022)

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.

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