Encephalitis lethargica and influenza. I. The role of the influenza virus in the influenza pandemic of 1918/1919

Journal of Neural Transmission

Volumn 116, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 143-150

  Foley, Paul Bernard ^a  

^a NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Encephalitis lethargica; Epidemic encephalitis; History of the neurosciences; Influenza

Indexed keywords

HEMAGGLUTININ; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; AVIAN INFLUENZA; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC ENCEPHALITIS; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS; MORTALITY; PANDEMIC; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS INFECTIVITY; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; PARKINSON DISEASE, POSTENCEPHALITIC;

EID: 59849111404     PISSN: 03009564     EISSN: 14351463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00702-008-0161-1     Document Type: Article

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