Viral isolation from cases of epidemic neuropathy in Cuba

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 121, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 825-833

  Más, Pedro ^a   Pelegrino, José Luis ^a   Guzmán, Maria Guadalupe ^a   Comellas, Marta M ^a   Resik, Sonia ^a   Alvarez, Mayling ^a   Rodríguez, Rosmari ^a   Muné, Mayra ^a   Capó, Virginia ^a   Balmaseda, Angel ^a   Rodríguez, Lisel ^a   Rodríguez, Maria Pilar ^b   Handy, Jean ^c,d   Kourí, Gustavo ^a   Llop, Alina ^a  

^a MINISTERIO DE SALUD PÚBLICA   (Cuba)

^b Cuban Academy of Sciences   (Cuba)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA HOSPITALS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CUBA; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NERVE BIOPSY; NEUROPATHY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SERODIAGNOSIS; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS STRAIN; VITAMIN INTAKE;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, SUCKLING; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; ANTIGENS, VIRAL; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; COXSACKIEVIRUS INFECTIONS; CUBA; CYTOPATHOGENIC EFFECT, VIRAL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENTEROVIRUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MIDDLE AGED; OPTIC NEURITIS; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; RABBITS; VERO CELLS;

EID: 4243789993     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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