Diagnosis and management of smallpox

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 346, Issue 17, 2002, Pages 1300-1308

  Breman, Joel G ^a,b   Henderson, D A ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIDOFOVIR; IDOXURIDINE; SMALLPOX VACCINE;

CHICKENPOX; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORNEA INJURY; COWPOX; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; ECZEMA; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; ERYTHEMA MULTIFORME; HUMAN; HYDRATION; POXVIRUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SMALLPOX; TREATMENT INDICATION; VIRUS PATHOGENESIS;

CHICKENPOX; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DISEASE NOTIFICATION; HUMANS; SMALLPOX; SMALLPOX VACCINE; VARIOLA VIRUS;

EID: 0037171704     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMra020025     Document Type: Review

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