Two Human Cases of Fatal Meningoencephalitis Associated with Potosi and Lone Star Virus Infections, United States, 2020–2023

We used clinical metagenomic next-generation sequencing of cerebrospinal fluid to investigate bunyavirus infections in 2 immunocompromised patients in the United States who had fatal meningoencephalitis. Potosi virus has been isolated from mosquito vectors and Lone Star virus from tick vectors. The...

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Main Authors: Charles Y. Chiu, Raja Rama Godasi, Holly R. Hughes, Venice Servellita, Kafaya Foresythe, Asritha Tubati, Kelsey Zorn, Sukhman Sidhu, Michael R. Wilson, Sai Varun Bethina, Daniel Abenroth, Yee Cheng, Raymond Grams, Camilla Reese, Carlos Isada, Neeharika Thottempudi
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Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2025-02-01
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Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/31/2/24-0831_article
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author Charles Y. Chiu
Raja Rama Godasi
Holly R. Hughes
Venice Servellita
Kafaya Foresythe
Asritha Tubati
Kelsey Zorn
Sukhman Sidhu
Michael R. Wilson
Sai Varun Bethina
Daniel Abenroth
Yee Cheng
Raymond Grams
Camilla Reese
Carlos Isada
Neeharika Thottempudi
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Raja Rama Godasi
Holly R. Hughes
Venice Servellita
Kafaya Foresythe
Asritha Tubati
Kelsey Zorn
Sukhman Sidhu
Michael R. Wilson
Sai Varun Bethina
Daniel Abenroth
Yee Cheng
Raymond Grams
Camilla Reese
Carlos Isada
Neeharika Thottempudi
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description We used clinical metagenomic next-generation sequencing of cerebrospinal fluid to investigate bunyavirus infections in 2 immunocompromised patients in the United States who had fatal meningoencephalitis. Potosi virus has been isolated from mosquito vectors and Lone Star virus from tick vectors. These findings highlight the power of metagenomic next-generation sequencing in broad-based, agnostic detection of emerging viral infections that test negative using conventional targeted diagnostic methods.
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spelling doaj-art-39f5f92f6907465a95e830ea11263be82025-08-20T02:14:57ZengCenters for Disease Control and PreventionEmerging Infectious Diseases1080-60401080-60592025-02-0131221522110.3201/eid3102.240831Two Human Cases of Fatal Meningoencephalitis Associated with Potosi and Lone Star Virus Infections, United States, 2020–2023Charles Y. ChiuRaja Rama GodasiHolly R. HughesVenice ServellitaKafaya ForesytheAsritha TubatiKelsey ZornSukhman SidhuMichael R. WilsonSai Varun BethinaDaniel AbenrothYee ChengRaymond GramsCamilla ReeseCarlos IsadaNeeharika Thottempudi We used clinical metagenomic next-generation sequencing of cerebrospinal fluid to investigate bunyavirus infections in 2 immunocompromised patients in the United States who had fatal meningoencephalitis. Potosi virus has been isolated from mosquito vectors and Lone Star virus from tick vectors. These findings highlight the power of metagenomic next-generation sequencing in broad-based, agnostic detection of emerging viral infections that test negative using conventional targeted diagnostic methods. https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/31/2/24-0831_articlePotosi virusLone Star virusvirusesbunyavirusPOTVLSV
spellingShingle Charles Y. Chiu
Raja Rama Godasi
Holly R. Hughes
Venice Servellita
Kafaya Foresythe
Asritha Tubati
Kelsey Zorn
Sukhman Sidhu
Michael R. Wilson
Sai Varun Bethina
Daniel Abenroth
Yee Cheng
Raymond Grams
Camilla Reese
Carlos Isada
Neeharika Thottempudi
Two Human Cases of Fatal Meningoencephalitis Associated with Potosi and Lone Star Virus Infections, United States, 2020–2023
Emerging Infectious Diseases
Potosi virus
Lone Star virus
viruses
bunyavirus
POTV
LSV
title Two Human Cases of Fatal Meningoencephalitis Associated with Potosi and Lone Star Virus Infections, United States, 2020–2023
title_full Two Human Cases of Fatal Meningoencephalitis Associated with Potosi and Lone Star Virus Infections, United States, 2020–2023
title_fullStr Two Human Cases of Fatal Meningoencephalitis Associated with Potosi and Lone Star Virus Infections, United States, 2020–2023
title_full_unstemmed Two Human Cases of Fatal Meningoencephalitis Associated with Potosi and Lone Star Virus Infections, United States, 2020–2023
title_short Two Human Cases of Fatal Meningoencephalitis Associated with Potosi and Lone Star Virus Infections, United States, 2020–2023
title_sort two human cases of fatal meningoencephalitis associated with potosi and lone star virus infections united states 2020 2023
topic Potosi virus
Lone Star virus
viruses
bunyavirus
POTV
LSV
url https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/31/2/24-0831_article
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