West Nile encephalitis

British Medical Journal

Volumn 326, Issue 7394, 2003, Pages 865-869

  Solomon, Tom ^a   Ooi, Mong How ^b   Beasley, David W C ^c   Mallewa, Macpherson ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA SARAWAK   (Malaysia)

^c University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; INSECT REPELLENT; LARVICIDAL AGENT; RIBAVIRIN; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECOLOGY; ENCEPHALITIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; VIRUS INFECTION; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

EID: 0037454351     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.326.7394.865     Document Type: Review

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