An outbreak of echovirus 13 meningitis in central Israel

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 130, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 257-262

  Somekh, E ^a,b   Cesar, K ^a   Handsher, R ^c   Hanukoglu, A ^a   Dalal, I ^a   Ballin, A ^a   Shohat, T ^d  

^a WOLFSON MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Israel)

^d SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASEPTIC MENINGITIS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CELL COUNT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHO VIRUS; ENTEROVIRUS; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; ISRAEL; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUTROPHIL; NEWBORN; POLYMORPHONUCLEAR CELL; RISK FACTOR; SAMPLING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VIRUS CULTURE; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS MENINGITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ECHOVIRUS INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; ISRAEL; MALE; MENINGITIS, ASEPTIC; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0242417605     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S095026880200818X     Document Type: Article

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