Concomitant infection with tick-borne encephalitis virus and Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato in patients with acute meningitis or meningoencephalitis

Infection

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 160-164

  Cimperman, J ^a   Maraspin, V ^a   Lotric Furlan S ^a   Ruzic Sabljic E ^b   Avsic Zupanc T ^b   Picken, R N ^c   Strle, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^c RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; ERYTHEMA CHRONICUM MIGRANS; HUMAN; LYME DISEASE; MENINGITIS; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; SUPERINFECTION; TICK BORNE ENCEPHALITIS FLAVIVIRUS;

EID: 0031866586     PISSN: 03008126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02771842     Document Type: Article

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