Epidemic West Nile virus encephalitis in Tunisia

Neuroepidemiology

Volumn 24, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 1-7

  Feki, Imed ^a   Marrakchi, Chakib ^b   Hmida, Mohamed Ben ^b   Belahsen, Faozi ^a   Jemaa, Mounir Ben ^b   Maaloul, Imed ^b   Kanoun, Fakher ^b   Hamed, Sonia Ben ^b   Mhiri, Chokri ^a  

^a HABIB BOURGUIBA HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

^b HEDI CHAKER HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Arboviruses; Emerging communicable diseases; Encephalitis; Meningitis; West Nile virus

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; AMPICILLIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; ASEPTIC MENINGITIS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MORTALITY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; SEASONAL VARIATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUNISIA; VIRUS ENCEPHALITIS; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; BIRDS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CULEX; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ENCEPHALITIS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MALE; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; MIDDLE AGED; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; TUNISIA; WEATHER; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 10844287881     PISSN: 02515350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000081042     Document Type: Article

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