Fever and asymmetrical weakness in the summer: Evidence of a West Nile virus-associated poliomyelitis-like illness

Mayo Clinic Proceedings

Volumn 78, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1205-1206

  Roos, Karen L ^a,b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR HORN CELL DISEASE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; EDITORIAL; FECES CULTURE; FEVER; HUMAN; LEG; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POLIOMYELITIS; SEROLOGY; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SUMMER; THROAT CULTURE; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

EID: 0141705396     PISSN: 00256196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4065/78.10.1205     Document Type: Editorial

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