Epidemiological study of non-polio enterovirus neurological infections in children in the region of Monastir, Tunisia

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 31-36

  Gharbi, Jawhar ^a   Jaïdane, Hela ^a   Ben M'hadheb, Manel ^a   El Hiar, Raïda ^a   Chouchene, Chokri ^b   Gueddiche, Mohamed Neji ^b   Aouni, Mahjoub ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONASTIR   (Tunisia)

^b FATTOUMA BOURGUIBA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Cerebrospinal fluid; Echoviruses; Enterovirus; Epidemiology; RT PCR

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASEPTIC MENINGITIS; CELL CULTURE; CELL ISOLATION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHO VIRUS; ENTEROVIRUS; ENTEROVIRUS INFECTION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEWBORN; POLIOMYELITIS VIRUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROTYPE; SPRING; SUMMER; TUNISIA; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION; VIRUS ISOLATION;

ADOLESCENT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTIONS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENTEROVIRUS; ENTEROVIRUS INFECTIONS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TUNISIA;

EID: 29144517785     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2005.08.017     Document Type: Article

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