Viral etiology of acute childhood encephalitis in Beijing diagnosed by analysis of single samples

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 1018-1024

  Xu, Yunhe ^a,b   Zhaori, Getu ^b   Vene, Sirkka ^a   Shen, Kunling ^a,b   Zhou, Yongtao ^b   Magnius, Lars O ^a   Wahren, Britta ^a   Linde, Annika ^a,c  

^a SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL   (Sweden)

^b CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c European Union   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Acute childhood encephalitis; Beijing; China; polymerase chain reaction; viral etiology

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHILD; CHINA; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIC ENCEPHALITIS; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS ENCEPHALITIS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; ENCEPHALITIS, VIRAL; ENTEROVIRUS INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; INFANT; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEROLOGIC TESTS; VIRUS DISEASES; VIRUSES;

EID: 0029806768     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006454-199611000-00017     Document Type: Article

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