Short report: An outbreak of Japanese encephalitis in Kathmandu, Nepal

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 283-284

  Zimmerman, Mark D ^a   Scott, Robert McNair ^b   Vaughn, David W ^c   Rajbhandari, Sujeeb ^a   Nisalak, Ananda ^c   Shrestha, Mrigendra P ^b  

^a PATAN HOSPITAL   (Nepal)

^b Walter Reed/AFRIMS Research Unit Nepal   (Nepal)

^c ARMED FORCES RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIBODY;

AGED; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID PRESSURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIC ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPANESE ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS; MALE; NEPAL;

JAPANESE ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS;

EID: 0030931980     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1997.57.283     Document Type: Article

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