Outbreak of West Nile virus causing severe neurological involvement in children, Nuba Mountains, Sudan, 2002

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 730-736

  Depoortere, Evelyn ^a   Kavle, Justine ^a   Keus, Kees ^b   Zeller, Hervé ^c   Murri, Séverine ^c   Legros, Dominique ^a  

^a EPICENTRE   (France)

^b MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES   (Switzerland)

^c INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

Encephalitis; Epidemic; Nuba Mountains; Sudan; West Nile virus

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY;

CHILD HEALTH; DISEASE PREVALENCE; ENCEPHALITIS; EPIDEMIC;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENCEPHALITIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PATIENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SAMPLING; SERODIAGNOSIS; SUDAN; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS VIRULENCE; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SUDAN; WEST NILE FEVER;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; KORDOFAN; NUBA MOUNTAINS; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; SUDAN;

FLAVIVIRUS; RNA VIRUSES; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 3042587717     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2004.01253.x     Document Type: Article

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