West Nile fever outbreak, Israel, 2000: Epidemiologic aspects

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 686-691

  Weinberger, Miriam ^a   Pitlik, Silvio D ^a   Gandacu, Dan ^b   Lang, Ruth ^c   Nassar, Faris ^d   Ben David, Debora ^e   Rubinstein, Ethan ^e   Izthaki, Avi ^f   Mishal, Joseph ^g   Kitzes, Ruth ^h   Siegman Igra, Yardena ⁱ   Giladi, Michael ⁱ   Pick, Neora ^j   Mendelson, Ella ^k   Bin, Hanna ^k   Shohat, Tamar ^l   Chowers, Michal Y ^c  

^a RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Israel)

^c MEIR MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^d WESTERN GALILEE HOSPITAL   (Israel)

^e SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^f ASSAF HAROFEH MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^g BARZILAI MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^h CARMEL MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

ⁱ TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^j BNAI ZION MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^k Central Virology Laboratory   (Israel)

^l Israel Center for Disease Control   (Israel)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; ISRAEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; SEROLOGY; VIRUS INFECTION; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

EID: 0034853376     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid0704.017416     Document Type: Article

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