Increased recognition of powassan encephalitis in the United States, 1999-2005

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 733-740

  Hinten, Steven R ^a,b,n   Beckett, Geoffrey A ^c   Gensheimer, Kathleen F ^c   Pritchard, Elizabeth ^d   Courtney, Thomas M ^e   Sears, Stephen D ^f,o   Woytowicz, John M ^f   Preston, David G ^f   Smith Jr , Robert P ^g   Rand, Peter W ^g   Lacombe, Eleanor H ^g   Holman, Mary S ^g   Lubelczyk, Charles B ^g   Kelso, Patsy Tassler ^h   Beelen, Andrew P ⁱ   Stobierski, Mary Grace ^j   Sotir, Mark J ^b,k   Wong, Susan ^l   Ebel, Gregory ^m   Kosoy, Olga ^a,p   Piesman, Joseph ^a   Campbell, Grant L ^a   Marfin, Anthony A ^a,b   more..

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c Maine Department of Health and Human Services   (United States)

^d MAINE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e Southern Maine Medical Center   (United States)

^f Maine General Medical Center   (United States)

^g Maine Medical Center Research Institute   (United States)

^h VERMONT DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

ⁱ VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^j MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY HEALTH   (United States)

^k WISCONSIN DIVISION OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^l WADSWORTH CENTER   (United States)

^m UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

ⁿ Mercy Hospital ^*  (United States)

^o Mercy Hospital Portland Maine   (United States)

^p US Naval Medical Research Unit No 3 Egypt   (Egypt)

more..

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Ixodes; Tick(s); Tick borne encephalitis; Vector borne

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CARNIVORA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INFECTION PREVENTION; IXODES; IXODES COOKEI; MALE; MEPHITIS MEPHITIS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PLEOCYTOSIS; POPULATION EXPOSURE; POWASSAN ENCEPHALITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; RACCOON; RISK REDUCTION; TICK BORNE ENCEPHALITIS FLAVIVIRUS; UNITED STATES; VIRUS ENCEPHALITIS; WOODCHUCK;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ENCEPHALITIS, TICK-BORNE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

FLAVIVIRUS; IXODES; IXODES COOKEI; IXODIDA; MAMMALIA; MARMOTA MONAX; MEPHITIDAE; MEPHITIS; MEPHITIS MEPHITIS; POWASSAN VIRUS; PROCYON; PROCYON LOTOR;

EID: 57749091483     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2008.0022     Document Type: Article

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