Hospitalization for primary varicella-zoster virus infection and its complications in patients from southern Israel

Infection

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 200-204

  Somekh, E ^a   Maharashak, N ^a   Shapira, Y ^a   Greenberg, D ^b   Dagan, R ^b  

^a WOLFSON MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Bedouins; Complications; Hospitalization; Jews; Varicella

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL SKIN DISEASE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CHICKENPOX; CHILD; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; ISRAEL; JEW; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NEWBORN; PNEUMONIA; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARABS; CHICKENPOX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; ISRAEL; JEWS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY;

EID: 0033864104     PISSN: 03008126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s150100070035     Document Type: Article

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