Acute meningitis due to Toscana virus infection among patients from both the Spanish Mediterranean region and the region of Madrid

Journal of Clinical Virology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 79-84

  Echevarría, José Manuel ^a   De Ory, Fernando ^a   Guisasola, María Eulalia ^a   Sánchez Seco, María Paz ^a   Tenorio, Antonio ^a   Lozano, Álvaro ^a   Córdoba, Juan ^b   Gobernado, Miguel ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA FE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acute aseptic meningitis; Cerebrospinal fluid; Phlebovirus; Sand fly fever viruses; Toscana virus

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; VIRUS ANTIBODY; VIRUS VECTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY SCREENING; ARTICLE; ASEPTIC MENINGITIS; BUNYAVIRUS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PHLEBOVIRUS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROPREVALENCE; SERUM; SPAIN; TOSCANA VIRUS; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; BUNYAVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INSECT VECTORS; MALE; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MENINGITIS, VIRAL; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHODIDAE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SANDFLY FEVER NAPLES VIRUS; SEASONS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SPAIN; URBAN POPULATION; VIREMIA;

EID: 0037263721     PISSN: 13866532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1386-6532(02)00041-0     Document Type: Article

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