The epidemiology, clinical features, and long-term prognosis of Japanese encephalitis in central Sarawak, Malaysia, 1997-2005

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 458-468

  Mong, How Ooi ^a,b,c   Lewthwaite, Penny ^c   Boon, Foo Lai ^a   Mohan, Anand ^a   Clear, Daniela ^c   Lim, Lina ^a   Krishnan, Shekhar ^a   Preston, Teresa ^c   Chae, Hee Chieng ^a   Phaik, Hooi Tio ^b   See, Chang Wong ^a   Cardosa, Jane ^b   Solomon, Tom ^c  

^a Sibu Hospital   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA SARAWAK   (Malaysia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; MANNITOL; MIDAZOLAM; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; THIOPENTAL;

ACUTE DISEASE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE DURATION; EPIDEMIC ENCEPHALITIS; EPILEPTIC STATE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INFANT; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAYSIA; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEIZURE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS, JAPANESE; ENCEPHALITIS, JAPANESE; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALAYSIA; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PROGNOSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 48749123575     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/590008     Document Type: Article

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