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. 2018 May;24(5):875–878. doi: 10.3201/eid2405.171122

Table. Clinical conditions or symptoms associated with microbial investigations of cerebrospinal fluid samples for infections with arboviruses, France*.

Condition No. (%) positive samples
Meningitis/encephalitis 277 (41.6)
Neurologic disorders† 233 (34.9)
Febrile syndrome 108 (16.2)
Other 48 (7.0)
Total 666 (100.0)

*Samples collected at the Université de Montpellier Hôpital (Montpellier, France) and Nîmes University Hospital (Nimes, France) during May–November 2016.
†Including (if >2%) convulsion/epileptic seizure (25%); paralysis/paresthesia/polyradiculoneuritis/motor loss/palsy (31%); myelitis (2%); vascularitis (3%); encephalopathy (6%); Guillain-Barré syndrome (4%), headache (15%); and confusion (10%).