Detection of West Nile and Japanese Encephalitis Viral Genome Sequences in Cerebrospinal Fluid from Acute Encephalitis Cases in Karachi, Pakistan

Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 1994, Pages 827-830

  Igarashi, Akira ^a   Tanaka, Mariko ^a   Morita, Kouichi ^a   Takasu, Toshiaki ^b   Ahmed, Akhtar ^c   Ahmed, Arsalam ^c   Akram, D S ^c   Waqar, M Anwar ^d  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NIHON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c CIVIL HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

^d AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

CSF; Japanese encephalitis virus; PCR; West Nile virus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHILD; ENCEPHALITIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPANESE ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAKISTAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRUS DETECTION; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

ACUTE DISEASE; BASE SEQUENCE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, VIRAL; ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS, JAPANESE; ENCEPHALITIS, JAPANESE; FEMALE; GENOME, VIRAL; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 0027943353     PISSN: 03855600     EISSN: 13480421     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.1994.tb01866.x     Document Type: Article

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