Balance and gait abnormalities of a child with West Nile virus infection

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 568-570

  Moon, Troy D ^a   Nadimpalli, Adi ^a   Martin, Emily B ^a   Ortiz, Myriam A ^a   Van Dyke, Russell B ^a  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Encephalitis; West Nile virus

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BALANCE DISORDER; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DYSMETRIA; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FEVER; GAIT DISORDER; HEADACHE; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; LETHARGY; NONHUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; SYMPTOM; VIRUS INFECTION; VOMITING; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MOVEMENT DISORDERS; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 20544456447     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.inf.0000164704.05076.1c     Document Type: Article

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