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Volume 26, Number 12—December 2020
Dispatch

Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis Virus Infections and Seroprevalence, Southern Iraq

Hussein AlburkatComments to Author , Anne J. Jääskeläinen, Ali M. Barakat, Hassan J. Hasony, Tarja Sironen, Haider Al-hello, Teemu Smura, and Olli Vapalahti
Author affiliations: University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland (H. Alburkat, A.J. Jääskeläinen, T. Sironen, T. Smura, O. Vapalahti); Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki (A.J. Jääskeläinen, O. Vapalahti); University of Basrah, Basrah, Iraq (A.M. Barakat, H.J. Hasony); Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki (H. Al-hello)

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Table 2

Clinical observations in 4 patients with test results positive for lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus, southern Iraq*

Observation CSF RNA–positive patients
 IgM–positive patients
Male. no. 11 Female. no. 64 Male. no. 61 Female. no. 38
Diagnosis Meningoencephalitis Meningitis None No diagnosis
Duration of illness 7 4 3 3
Symptoms Fever Fever Fever Fever
Chills Chills Headache Chills
Headache Headache Drowsiness Headache
Cough Cough Vertigo General malaise
Retroorbital pain Retroorbital pain Joint pain Vertigo
Severe muscle weakness Severe malaise Abdominal pain
Drowsiness Drowsiness Fatigue
Vertigo Vertigo
Joint/ bone pain Joint pain
Stiff neck

*CSF, cerebrospinal fluid; LCMV, lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus.

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