Snowshoe Hare Virus Causing Meningoencephalitis in a Young Adult From Northern Manitoba, Canada

Publication type: 
Journal Article
Publication date: 
2017-07
Journal/Series title: 
Open Forum Infect Dis
Volume: 
4
Issue: 
3
Abstract: 

We describe a dramatic presentation of meningoencephalitis, in a young Aboriginal male from Northern Manitoba, due to infection with the Snowshoe hare virus, a member of the California serogroup viruses. Snowshoe hare virus represents a rare cause of meningoencephalitis, and, to date, few Canadian cases have been described in the literature.