Detection of enteroviruses in cases of neurological disorders in the State of Pará, Brazil

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 321-324

  De Lourdes Contente Gomes, Maria ^a   Kopecka, Helena ^b   Da Costa Linhares, Alexandre ^a  

^a INSTITUTO EVANDRO CHAGAS   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

Aseptic meningitis; Enteroviruses; GBS

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASEPTIC MENINGITIS; BRAZIL; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHILD; ENTEROVIRUS; FEMALE; GENETICS; GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME; HUMAN; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SYNDROME; VIROLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAZIL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENTEROVIRUS; FEMALE; GUILLAIN-BARRE SYNDROME; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MENINGITIS, ASEPTIC; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT DISORDERS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SYNDROME;

EID: 0035523994     PISSN: 00364665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0036-46652001000600004     Document Type: Article

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