Enterovirus detection as a result of West Nile virus surveillance

American Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 128, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 936-938

  Harvey, Sydney M ^a   Gonzalez, Anthony H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Sacramento County Health Department   (United States)

Author keywords

Central nervous system disease; Enteroviruses; Real time reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction; Real time RT PCR

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CONSCIOUSNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROVIRUS; FEVER; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROLOGY; VIRUS CULTURE; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS INFECTION; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; ENTEROVIRUS INFECTION; GENETICS; HEALTH SURVEY; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; UNITED STATES; VIROLOGY;

VIRUS DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA, VIRAL; ENTEROVIRUS; ENTEROVIRUS INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; LOS ANGELES; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 38049027253     PISSN: 00029173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1309/3HFN3RV1W1V8PJUP     Document Type: Article

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