Dengue infection in patients presenting with neurological manifestations in a dengue endemic population

West Indian Medical Journal

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 373-376

  Jackson, Sandra T ^a   Mullings, A ^a   Bennett, F ^a   Khan, C ^a   Gordon Strachan, G ^a   Rhoden, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENGUE; DENGUE VIRUS; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FLACCID PARALYSIS; GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME; HEMAGGLUTINATION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; JAMAICA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NONHUMAN; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; SEIZURE; SEROLOGY; VIRUS ENCEPHALITIS; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS MENINGITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DENGUE; ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; GUILLAIN-BARRE SYNDROME; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; INFANT; JAMAICA; MALE; MENINGITIS; MIDDLE AGED; PARAPLEGIA; RISK FACTORS; SEIZURES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58149094972     PISSN: 00433144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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