Late presentation of Nipah virus encephalitis and kinetics of the humoral immune response

Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 552-554

  Wong, S C ^a   Ooi, M H ^a   Wong, M N L ^a   Tio, P H ^b   Solomon, T ^c   Cardosa, M J ^b  

^a Sibu Hospital   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA SARAWAK   (Malaysia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Encephalitis; Nipah virus

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INCUBATION TIME; NIPAH VIRUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; VIRUS ENCEPHALITIS; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0034807264     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.71.4.552     Document Type: Article

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