Tickborne meningoencephalitis, first case after 19 years in northeastern Germany [1]

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 633-634

  Hemmer, Christoph J ^a   Littmann, Martina ^b   Löbermann, Micha ^a   Lafrenz, Michael ^a   Böttcher, Tobias ^a   Reisinger, Emil C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

^b State of Mecklenburg West Pomerania   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADULT; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GERMANY; HUMAN; IXODES RICINUS; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; MALARIA; MALE; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; TICK BITE; TICK BORNE ENCEPHALITIS; VIRUS GENOME;

EID: 16244376472     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1104.041110     Document Type: Letter

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