Severe tick-borne encephalitis in Slovenia in the years 2001-2005: Time for a mass vaccination campaign?

Wiener Klinische Wochenschrift

Volumn 118, Issue 23-24, 2006, Pages 765-768

  Jereb, Matjaž ^a   Karner, Primož ^a   Muzlovič, Igor ^a   Jurca, Tomaž ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Adults; Laboratory findings; Tick borne encephalitis; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MALE; MASS IMMUNIZATION; NERVE PARALYSIS; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SLOVENIA; SPINAL NERVE; TICK BORNE ENCEPHALITIS; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENCEPHALITIS VIRUSES, TICK-BORNE; ENCEPHALITIS, TICK-BORNE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; MASS IMMUNIZATION; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SLOVENIA; VIRAL VACCINES;

EID: 33846527893     PISSN: 00435325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00508-006-0728-5     Document Type: Article

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