Isolation of measles virus from cerebrospinal fluid of children with acute encephalopathy without rash

Indian Pediatrics

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 589-595

  Wairagkar, N S ^a   Shaikh, N J ^a   Ratho, R K ^b   Ghosh, D ^b   Mahajan, R C ^b   Singhi, S ^b   Gadkari, D A ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF VIROLOGY   (India)

^b POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Acute encephalopathy; Cerebrospinal fluid; Measles; Virus isolation

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BRAIN DISEASE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MEASLES VIRUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RASH;

ACUTE DISEASE; BRAIN DISEASES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EXANTHEMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MEASLES VIRUS;

EID: 0035379994     PISSN: 00196061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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