First epidemic of echovirus 16 meningitis in Cuba

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 887-889

  Sarmiento, Luis ^a   Mas, Pedro ^a   Goyenechea, Angel ^a   Palomera, Rosa ^a   Morier, Luis ^a   Capó, Virginia ^a   Quintana, Ibrahim ^b   Santin, Manuel ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA TROPICAL PEDRO KOURÍ   (Cuba)

^b MINISTERIO DE SALUD PÚBLICA   (Cuba)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASEPTIC MENINGITIS; CHILD; CUBA; ECHO VIRUS; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENINGITIS; VIROLOGY; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS MENINGITIS;

EID: 0035205211     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid0705.017520     Document Type: Article

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