Pediatric tick-borne encephalitis in 371 cases from an endemic region in Slovenia, 1959 to 2000

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 612-617

  Lešničar, Gorazd ^a   Poljak, Mario ^b   Seme, Katja ^b   Lešničar, Janko ^a  

^a General Hospital Celje   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Children; Pediatric; Slovenia; Tick borne encephalitis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CHILD; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FATIGUE; FLAVIVIRUS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEADACHE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENINGITIS; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROLOGY; SLOVENIA; TICK BORNE ENCEPHALITIS;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; ENCEPHALITIS VIRUSES, TICK-BORNE; ENCEPHALITIS, TICK-BORNE; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SLOVENIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 18144446670     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006454-200307000-00009     Document Type: Article

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