A case of imported JE acquired during short travel in Vietnam. Are current recommendations about vaccination broader?

Journal of Travel Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 346-348

  Caramello, Pietro ^a   Canta, Francesca ^a   Balbiano, Rosanna ^a   Lipani, Filippo ^a   Ariaudo, Silvia ^a   De Agostini, Maura ^a   Calleri, Guido ^a   Boglione, Lucio ^a   Di Caro, Antonino ^b  

^a AMEDEO DI SAVOIA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES L SPALLANZANI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN; JAPANESE ENCEPHALITIS VACCINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CULEX; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIC ENCEPHALITIS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; JAPANESE ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS; MALE; MORTALITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; TRAVEL; VACCINATION; VIET NAM;

ENCEPHALITIS, JAPANESE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS, INTRAVENOUS; ITALY; JAPANESE ENCEPHALITIS VACCINES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TRAVEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIETNAM;

EID: 34648825251     PISSN: 11951982     EISSN: 17088305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1708-8305.2007.00140.x     Document Type: Article

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