A case report of aseptic meningitis due to Japanese encephalitis virus

Clinical Neurology

Volumn 47, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 109-111

  Hosokawa, Takafumi ^a   Nakajima, Hideto ^a,b   Takasaki, Tomohiko ^c   Sugino, Masakazu ^a   Kimura, Fumiharu ^a   Hanafusa, Toshiaki ^a  

^a OSAKA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^b Seikeikai Hospital   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aseptic meningitis; Japanese encephalitis; Japanese encephalitis virus; PCR

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASEPTIC MENINGITIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS; EVOLUTIONARY HOMOLOGY; HUMAN; JAPAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA EXTRACTION; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ADULT; ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS, JAPANESE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; MENINGITIS, ASEPTIC; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL;

EID: 34248667012     PISSN: 0009918X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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