Chandipura virus, encephalitis, and epidemic brain attack in India [1] (multiple letters)

Lancet

Volumn 364, Issue 9452, 2004, Pages 2175-2176

  John, T Jacob ^a   Mishra, A C ^b  

^a 632 002   (India)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF VIROLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MANNITOL;

BRAIN EDEMA; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHANDIPURA VIRUS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMA; EPIDEMIC; FATALITY; GENERAL CONDITION DETERIORATION; HUMAN; HYPERPYREXIA; LETTER; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; PLEOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REYE SYNDROME; RHABDOVIRUS; RNA VIRUS; RURAL AREA; VIRUS ENCEPHALITIS; VOMITING;

EID: 10944254117     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(04)17579-X     Document Type: Letter

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