West Nile virus among hospitalized, febrile patients: A case for expanding diagnostic testing

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 42-49

  Whitney, Ellen A Spotts ^a   Heilpern, Katherine L ^b   Woods, Christopher W ^c   Bahn, C Christina ^a   Franko, Elizabeth A ^d   Del Rio, Carlos ^b,e   Silk, Benjamin J ^a   Ratcliff, Jonathan J ^b   Bryant, Katherine A ^d   Park, Mahin M ^d   Watkins, Sandra J ^d   Caram, Lauren B ^c   Blumberg, Henry M ^a,b,e   Berkelman, Ruth L ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d Georgia Division of Public Health   (United States)

^e GRADY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Epidemiology; Fever; HIV; West Nile virus

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FEVER; GOUT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MIGRAINE; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERODIAGNOSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STROKE; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; VIRUS INFECTION; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; FEMALE; FEVER; GEORGIA; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; TIME FACTORS; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE VIRUS;

WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 33645809937     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2006.6.42     Document Type: Article

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