Analysis of an outbreak of viral meningitis in the province of Tucuman, Argentina;Análisis de un brote de meningitis viral en la provincia de Tucumán, Argentina

Revista Panamericana de Salud Publica/Pan American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 246-251

  Freire, María Cecilia ^a   Cisterna, Daniel Marcelo ^a   Rivero, Karina ^a   Palacios, Gustavo Fabián ^a   Casas, Inmaculada ^b   Tenorio, Antonio ^b   Gómez, José Alberto ^a  

^a Administracion Nacional de Laboratorios E Institutos de Salud Dr Carlos G Malbran   (Argentina)

^b INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE PREVALENCE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MENINGITIS; MORBIDITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CONTINGENCY TABLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DRUG UTILIZATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECHO VIRUS; ECHO VIRUS 4; ENTEROVIRUS; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; GENE SEQUENCE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFECTION CONTROL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; REGISTER; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROTYPING; TECHNIQUE; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS MENINGITIS; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ARGENTINA; TUCUMAN PROVINCE;

EID: 0038221329     PISSN: 10204989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1020-49892003000300007     Document Type: Article

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