Balamuthia amebic encephalitis - California, 1999-2007

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

Volumn 57, Issue 28, 2008, Pages 768-771

  Glaser, C ^a   Schuster, F ^a   Yagi, S ^a   Gavali, S ^a   Bollen, A ^a   Glastonbury, C ^a   Raghavan, R ^b   Michelson, D ^b   Blomquist, I ^b   Scharnhorst, D ^c   Kuriyama, S ^d   Reed, S ^d   Ginsberg, M ^e   Visvesvara, G ^f   Wilkins, P ^f   Anderson, L ^f   Khetsuriani, N ^f   Fowlkes, A L ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL CENTRAL CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UCSD MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e Mental Health America of San Diego County   (United States)

^f NATIONAL CENTER FOR IMMUNIZATION AND RESPIRATORY DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMEBIASIS; AMOEBA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHILD; ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMEBIASIS; AMOEBA; ANIMALS; CALIFORNIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 47549090149     PISSN: 01492195     EISSN: 1545861X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

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