West Nile fever: Lessons from the 2002 season

Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 449-454

  Gordon, Steven M ^a   Isada, Carlos M ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; DIETHYLTOLUAMIDE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; INSECT REPELLENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIC ENCEPHALITIS; FEVER; FLACCID PARALYSIS; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; NAUSEA; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES; VIRUS INFECTION; VOMITING; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

EID: 0037769771     PISSN: 08911150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3949/ccjm.70.5.449     Document Type: Article

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