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Acute neurologic emerging flaviviruses.
Caldwell, Marissa; Boruah, Abhilasha P; Thakur, Kiran T.
  • Caldwell M; Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY, USA.
  • Boruah AP; Department of Neurology, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital (CUIMC/NYP), New York, NY, USA.
  • Thakur KT; Division of Critical Care and Hospitalist Neurology, Department of Neurology, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital (CUIMC/NYP), 177 Fort Washington Avenue, Milstein Hospital, 8GS-300, New York, NY 10032, USA.
Ther Adv Infect Dis ; 9: 20499361221102664, 2022.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-2239483
ABSTRACT
The COVID-19 pandemic has shed light on the challenges we face as a global society in preventing and containing emerging and re-emerging pathogens. Multiple intersecting factors, including environmental changes, host immunological factors, and pathogen dynamics, are intimately connected to the emergence and re-emergence of communicable diseases. There is a large and expanding list of communicable diseases that can cause neurological damage, either through direct or indirect routes. Novel pathogens of neurotropic potential have been identified through advanced diagnostic techniques, including metagenomic next-generation sequencing, but there are also known pathogens which have expanded their geographic distribution to infect non-immune individuals. Factors including population growth, climate change, the increase in animal and human interface, and an increase in international travel and trade are contributing to the expansion of emerging and re-emerging pathogens. Challenges exist around antimicrobial misuse giving rise to antimicrobial-resistant infectious neurotropic organisms and increased susceptibility to infection related to the expanded use of immunomodulatory treatments. In this article, we will review key concepts around emerging and re-emerging pathogens and discuss factors associated with neurotropism and neuroinvasion. We highlight several neurotropic pathogens of interest, including West Nile virus (WNV), Zika Virus, Japanese Encephalitis Virus (JEV), and Tick-Borne Encephalitis Virus (TBEV). We emphasize neuroinfectious diseases which impact the central nervous system (CNS) and focus on flaviviruses, a group of vector-borne pathogens that have expanded globally in recent years and have proven capable of widespread outbreak.
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Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: MEDLINE Language: English Journal: Ther Adv Infect Dis Year: 2022 Document Type: Article Affiliation country: 20499361221102664

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Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: MEDLINE Language: English Journal: Ther Adv Infect Dis Year: 2022 Document Type: Article Affiliation country: 20499361221102664