Pediatric West Nile virus infection: Neurologic disease presentations during the 2002 epidemic in Cuyahoga County, Ohio

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 751-753

  LaBeaud, Angelle Desiree ^a   Lisgaris, Michelle V ^a   King, Charles H ^a   Mandalakas, Anna M ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Pediatrics; West Nile fever meningoencephalitis; West Nile Virus

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EPIDEMIC; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; UNITED STATES; VIRUS INFECTION; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENCEPHALITIS, VIRAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MENINGITIS, VIRAL; OHIO; WEST NILE FEVER;

EID: 33746667262     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.inf.0000227830.73271.65     Document Type: Article

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