Prevalence of West Nile virus infection in India

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 801-805

  Thakare, J P ^a   Rao, T L G ^a   Padbidri, V S ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF VIROLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHILD; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIC ENCEPHALITIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEVER; HEADACHE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEMAGGLUTINATION INHIBITION TEST; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; INDIA; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; NAUSEA; STATISTICS; VIROLOGY; VIRUS ENCEPHALITIS; VIRUS INFECTION; VOMITING; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CHILD; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; ENCEPHALITIS, JAPANESE; ENCEPHALITIS, VIRAL; ENDEMIC DISEASES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEVER; HEADACHE; HEMAGGLUTINATION INHIBITION TESTS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; INDIA; MIDDLE AGED; NAUSEA; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; VOMITING; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 0043202825     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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