Japanese encephalitis in a Finnish traveler on a two-week holiday in Thailand

Journal of Clinical Virology

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 93-95

  Lehtinen, Ville A ^a,b   Huhtamo, Eili ^c   Siikamäki, Heli ^a   Vapalahti, Olli ^a,c,d  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b PÄIJÄT HÄME CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Flavivirus; Japanese encephalitis; Thailand; Traveler; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CEFTRIAXONE; DESCICLOVIR; DOXYCYCLINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; EPIDEMIC ENCEPHALITIS; FINLAND; HEPATITIS A VIRUS; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROLOGY; THAILAND; TOURISM; VACCINATION;

ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS, JAPANESE; ENCEPHALITIS, JAPANESE; FINLAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; THAILAND; TRAVEL;

EID: 49749089318     PISSN: 13866532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcv.2008.05.001     Document Type: Article

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