West Nile virus infection in the pediatric population

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 75-78

  Civen, Rachel ^a,c   Villacorte, Ferlie ^a   Robles, David T ^b   Dassey, David E ^a   Croker, Curtis ^a   Borenstein, Lee ^a   Harvey, Sydney M ^a   Mascola, Laurene ^a  

^a Acute Communicable Disease Control Program   (United States)

^b HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Pediatric infection; Surveillance; West Nile virus

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE DURATION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; FEVER; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RISK; MALE; NAUSEA; PHYSICIAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; SYMPTOM; VIRUS ENCEPHALITIS; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS MENINGITIS; VIRUS VIRULENCE; VOMITING; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

ADOLESCENT; CALIFORNIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENCEPHALITIS, VIRAL; EXANTHEMA; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMANS; MALE; MENINGITIS, VIRAL; NAUSEA; TIME FACTORS; VOMITING; WEST NILE FEVER;

EID: 33644838552     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.inf.0000195629.77618.30     Document Type: Article

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