Tick-borne encephalitis in Friuli Venezia Giulia, Northeastern Italy

Infection

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 158-159

  Beltrame, A ^a   Scudeller, L ^a   Cristini, F ^a   Rorato, G ^a   Viale, P ^a   Cruciatti, B ^b   Gigli, G L ^b   Ruscio, M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF UDINE   (Italy)

^c Hospital of S Daniele   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; BRAIN; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FEMALE; FEVER; HEADACHE; HUMAN; ITALY; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LETTER; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MUSCLE STIFFNESS; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARALYSIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POLYMORPHONUCLEAR CELL; SHOULDER GIRDLE; SHOULDER PAIN; TICK BORNE ENCEPHALITIS; VACCINATION; VOMITING; YELLOW FEVER;

ADULT; ENCEPHALITIS, TICK-BORNE; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; TRAVEL;

EID: 21144455400     PISSN: 03008126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s15010-005-4109-1     Document Type: Letter

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