Treatment
No specific therapy is available at present for La Crosse encephalitis, and management is limited to alleviating the symptoms and balancing fluids and electrolyte levels. Intravenous ribavirin is effective against La Crosse encephalitis virus in the laboratory,and several studies in patients with severe, brain biopsy confirmed, La Crosse encephalitis are ongoing.
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