Epidemiology of central nervous system infections in olmsted county, minnesota, 1950-1981

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 154, Issue 3, 1986, Pages 399-408

  Nicolosi, Alfred ^a,b,c   Hauser, W Allen ^a,b,c   Beghi, Ettore ^a,b,c   Kurland, Leonard T ^a,b,c  

^a Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain and the Gertrude H Sergievsky Center   (United States)

^b MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

^c MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FATALITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; UNITED STATES; VIRUS ENCEPHALITIS;

AGE FACTORS; BRAIN ABSCESS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; CHILD; ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENINGITIS; MENINGITIS, ASEPTIC; MINNESOTA; SEX FACTORS; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0022516132     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: 15376613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/154.3.399     Document Type: Article

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