Infectious encephalitis in France from 2000 to 2002: the hospital database is a valuable but limited source of information for epidemiological studies;Encéphalites infectieuses : données et limites du PMSI pour l'étude épidémiologique, France métropolitaine 2000-2002

Medecine et Maladies Infectieuses

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 95-102

  Mailles, A ^a   Vaillant, V ^a   Stahl, J P ^b  

^a INSTITUT DE VEILLE SANITAIRE   (France)

^b GRENOBLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Encephalitis; Etiology; France; Hospital database

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ENCEPHALITIS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; FRANCE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GROUPS BY AGE; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VIRUS ENCEPHALITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATABASES, FACTUAL; ENCEPHALITIS; ENCEPHALITIS, HERPES SIMPLEX; ENCEPHALITIS, VARICELLA ZOSTER; FEMALE; FRANCE; HIV SERONEGATIVITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 33847408800     PISSN: 0399077X     EISSN: 17696690     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.medmal.2006.11.001     Document Type: Article

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