Meningoencephalitis due to Toscana virus in a French traveler returning from central Italy

Journal of Travel Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 361-363

  Epelboin, Loïc ^a   Hausfater, Pierre ^a   Schuffenecker, Isabelle ^b   Riou, Bruno ^a   Zeller, Hervé ^b   Bricaire, François ^a   Bossi, Philippe ^a  

^a PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; AMOXICILLIN; CEFTRIAXONE; GADOLINIUM;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARBOVIRUS; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BODY TEMPERATURE; BRAIN ATROPHY; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FEVER; FRANCE; HEADACHE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; ITALY; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MALE; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SEROLOGY; TOSCANA VIRUS; TRAVEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; FRANCE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; ITALY; MALE; MENINGITIS, VIRAL; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; PHLEBOTOMUS FEVER; SANDFLY FEVER NAPLES VIRUS; TRAVEL;

EID: 53749106645     PISSN: 11951982     EISSN: 17088305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1708-8305.2008.00221.x     Document Type: Article

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