Frequency of lymphocytic meningitis associated with mumps before and after a mass campaign for mumps vaccination in children from Salvador, Northeast Brazil

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria

Volumn 61, Issue 3 B, 2003, Pages 728-730

  Nascimento Carvalho, Cristiana M ^a,c   Moreno Carvalho, Otávio A ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

^b Jose Silveira Foundation   (Brazil)

^c NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cerebrospinal fluid; Immunization; Lymphocytic meningitis; Meningitis; Mumps

Indexed keywords

MUMPS VACCINE;

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INFANT; LYMPHOCYTIC MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENINGITIS; MONONUCLEAR CELL; MUMPS; PLEOCYTOSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; VACCINATION;

EID: 0141987484     PISSN: 0004282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0004-282X2003000500005     Document Type: Article

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