Case report: Eastern equine encephalitis virus imported to the UK

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 305-308

  Harvala, Heli ^a   Bremner, John ^a   Kealey, Susan ^b   Weller, Belinda ^b   McLellan, Stuart ^b   Lloyd, Graham ^c   Staples, Erin ^d   Faggian, Federica ^b   Solomon, Tom ^e  

^a ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

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

^e UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arbovirus; Eastern equine encephalitis virus; Encephalitis; Mosquito bite; Travelling

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; AMOXICILLIN; CEFTRIAXONE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; THYROID PEROXIDASE;

ADD ON THERAPY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; EASTERN EQUINE ENCEPHALOMYELITIS VIRUS; ENCEPHALITIS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LISTERIOSIS; MALE; MOSQUITO; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; UNITED KINGDOM; AEDES; ANIMAL; BRAIN; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TRAVEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; VIROLOGY;

ADULT; AEDES; ANIMALS; BRAIN; ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS, EASTERN EQUINE; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS, EASTERN EQUINE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; TRAVEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

ARBOVIRUS; EASTERN EQUINE ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS; EQUIDAE;

EID: 61749091248     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: 10969071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.21379     Document Type: Article

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