Long-term death rates, West Nile virus epidemic, Israel 2000

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 11, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1754-1757

  Green, Manfred S ^a,b,h   Weinberger, Miriam ^b,c   Ben Ezer, Judith ^a   Bin, Hanna ^d   Mendelson, Ella ^d   Ganclacu, Dan ^e   Kaufman, Zalman ^a   Dichtlar, Rita ^a   Sobel, Annette ^f   Cohen, Dani ^a,b   Chowers, Michal Y ^b,g  

^a Israel Center for Disease Control   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^d Central Virology Laboratory   (Israel)

^e MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Israel)

^f State of New Mexico Office of Homeland Security   (United States)

^g MEIR MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^h GERTNER INSTITUTE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND HEALTH POLICY RESEARCH   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DEMENTIA; DIABETES MELLITUS; EPIDEMIC; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; ISRAEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PROGNOSIS; SEX RATIO; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS ISOLATION; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

EID: 27744485080     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1111.040941     Document Type: Article

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