An Outbreak of Echovirus Meningitis in Children

Indian Pediatrics

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 384-388

  Sathish, Narayanan ^a   Scott, Julius Xavier ^a   Shaji, R V ^a   Sridharan, Gopalan ^a   Vijayakumar, Theophilus S ^a   Raj, Antony ^a   Cherian, Thomas ^a,b  

^a CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b NONE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Aseptic meningitis; Enterovirus; Outbreak

Indexed keywords

VIRUS PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ASEPTIC MENINGITIS; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CYTOPATHOGENIC EFFECT; ECHO VIRUS; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FEVER; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOME; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LYMPHOCYTE; MALE; MENINGITIS; PLEOCYTOSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHABDOMYOSARCOMA; SEROTYPE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VIRION; VIRUS CULTURE; VOMITING;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ECHOVIRUS INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; MALE; MENINGITIS, VIRAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; SEASONS;

EID: 1942437648     PISSN: 00196061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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