TBE in Åland Islands 1959-2005: Kumlinge disease

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 38, Issue 11-12, 2006, Pages 1057-1062

  Wahlberg, Peter ^a   Carlsson, Sten Anders ^a   Granlund, Hans ^a   Jansson, Christian ^a   Lindén, Mogens ^b   Nyberg, Clara ^a   Nyman, Dag ^a  

^a Aland Central Hospital   (Finland)

^b Åland Public Health Centre   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; TICK BORNE ENCEPHALITIS VACCINE; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEPRESSION; DIPLOPIA; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FEVER; FINLAND; HEADACHE; HEMIPARESIS; HEPATITIS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; LYMPHOCYTOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE RIGIDITY; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; PARESIS; PHOTOPHOBIA; PLEOCYTOSIS; PNEUMONIA; QUADRIPLEGIA; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOMNOLENCE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TICK BITE; TICK BORNE ENCEPHALITIS; TICK BORNE ENCEPHALITIS FLAVIVIRUS; TREMOR; VACCINATION; ADOLESCENT; BLOOD; DISEASE CARRIER; ENDEMIC DISEASE; IMMUNOLOGY; MASS IMMUNIZATION; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEASON; VIROLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; ENCEPHALITIS VIRUSES, TICK-BORNE; ENCEPHALITIS, TICK-BORNE; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FINLAND; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MASS IMMUNIZATION; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEASONS;

EID: 33845298647     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: 16511980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365540600868297     Document Type: Article

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