Virology, pathology, and clinical manifestations of West Nile virus disease

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1174-1179

  Hayes, Edward B ^a,b   Sejvar, James J ^a   Zaki, Sherif R ^a   Lanciotti, Robert S ^a   Bode, Amy V ^a   Campbell, Grant L ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; NEUTRALIZING ANTIBODY; RIBAVIRIN; VIRUS VACCINE;

CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; EPIDEMIC; FATIGUE; FEVER; FLACCID PARALYSIS; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HEADACHE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFECTION PREVENTION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MALAISE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MYALGIA; NECK PAIN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; PATHOGENESIS; PROGNOSIS; RASH; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; UNITED STATES; VACCINATION; VIRUS ENCEPHALITIS; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS MENINGITIS; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

EID: 22944485635     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1108.050289b     Document Type: Review

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