Clinical Virology of Lassa Fever in Hospitalized Patients

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 155, Issue 3, 1987, Pages 456-464

  Johnson, Karl M ^a,b   McCormick, Joseph B ^a,b   Webb, Patricia A ^a,b,c   Smith, Ethleen S ^a,b,d   Elliott, Luanne H ^a,b   King, Isabel J ^a,b,e  

^a NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b Peace Corps and the Nixon Memorial Hospital ^*  (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^d Catholic Relief Service ^*  (Djibouti)

^e NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

DIAGNOSIS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; LASSA FEVER; LASSA VIRUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIREMIA; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS ISOLATION;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; ARENAVIRIDAE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; LASSA FEVER; LASSA VIRUS; PHARYNX; URINE; VIREMIA;

EID: 0023155705     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: 15376613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/155.3.456     Document Type: Article

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