Meningitis by Toscana virus in Spain: Description of 17 cases;Meningitis por el virus Toscana en España: Descripción de 17 casos

Medicina Clinica

Volumn 122, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 420-422

  Navarro, José María ^a   Fernández Roldán, Concepción ^a   Pérez Ruiz, Mercedes ^a   Sanbonmatsu, Sara ^a   De La Rosa, Manuel ^a   Sánchez Seco, M Paz ^b  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DE LAS NIEVES   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

Author keywords

Meningitis; Phlebovirus; Toscana virus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARBOVIRUS; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FEVER; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MALE; NONHUMAN; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; RURAL AREA; SPAIN; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TOSCANA VIRUS; VIRUS CULTURE; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS MENINGITIS;

EID: 2442617382     PISSN: 00257753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1157/13059543     Document Type: Article

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