An eight-year-old girl in rural Wisconsin has chills, headache, and fever and reports having been bitten by mosquitoes. How would you confirm your diagnosis of arboviral encephalitis?

An eight-year-old girl in rural Wisconsin has chills, headache, and fever and reports having been bitten by mosquitoes. How would you confirm your diagnosis of arboviral encephalitis?



A) ELISA test for IgM antibodies
B) brain biopsy for Negri bodies
C) Gram stain of cerebrospinal fluid
D) examination of local mosquitoes
E) complement fixation test for IgG antibodies


Answer: ELISA test for IgM antibodies


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