La Crosse encephalitis in eastern Tennessee: Clinical, environmental, and entomological characteristics from a blinded cohort study

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 155, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1060-1065

  Erwin, Paul Campbell ^a   Jones, Timothy F ^a   Gerhardt, Reid R ^b   Halford, Sandy K ^a   Smith, A Brent ^b   Patterson, Lori E R ^c   Gottfried, Kristy L ^d   Burkhalter, Kristen L ^d   Nasci, Roger S ^d   Schaffner, William ^e  

^a TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^c East Tennessee Children's Hospital   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^e VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aedes; Arbovirus infections; Arboviruses; Central nervous system infections; Immunologic surveillance; Virus diseases

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; DISEASE PREVALENCE; ENTOMOLOGY; MOSQUITO; VIRAL DISEASE;

AEDES ALBOPICTUS; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONVALESCENCE; DISEASE CARRIER; ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LA CROSSE VIRUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOSQUITO; UNITED STATES; ZOOLOGY;

AEDES; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; ENCEPHALITIS, CALIFORNIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INSECT VECTORS; LA CROSSE VIRUS; MALE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RISK FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TENNESSEE;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036605882     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/155.11.1060     Document Type: Article

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