Detection of West Nile virus sequences in cerebrospinal fluid

Lancet

Volumn 355, Issue 9215, 2000, Pages 1614-1615

  Briese, Thomas ^a   Glass, William G ^a   Lipkin, W Ian ^a  

^a Emerging Diseases Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FATALITY; HUMAN; MALE; NONHUMAN; NOTE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SERODIAGNOSIS; SURVIVAL; UNITED STATES; VIRUS INFECTION; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

EID: 0034612010     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(00)02220-0     Document Type: Article

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