The changing epidemiology of pediatric aseptic meningitis in Daejeon, Korea from 1987 to 2003

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 5, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Lee, Kyung Yil ^a   Burgner, David ^b   Lee, Hyung Shin ^a   Hong, Ja Hyun ^a   Lee, Mi Hee ^a   Kang, Jin Han ^a   Lee, Byung Churl ^a  

^a The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ASEPTIC MENINGITIS; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; INCIDENCE; INFANT; KOREA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; RARE DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX RATIO; AGE; ENTEROVIRUS INFECTION; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEASON; SEX DIFFERENCE; TIME; VIROLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENTEROVIRUS INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; KOREA; MALE; MENINGITIS, ASEPTIC; SEASONS; SEX FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 27744606084     PISSN: 14712334     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-5-97     Document Type: Article

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