Etiology of encephalitis in Australia, 1990-2007

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1359-1365

  Huppatz, Clare ^a   Durrheim, David N ^a   Levi, Christopher ^c   Dalton, Craig ^a   Williams, David ^c   Clements, Mark S ^b   Kelly, Paul M ^b  

^a HUNTER NEW ENGLAND POPULATION HEALTH   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c JOHN HUNTER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENCEPHALITIS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROORGANISM DETECTION; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUBACUTE SCLEROSING PANENCEPHALITIS; TOXOPLASMA;

AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; ENCEPHALITIS; ENCEPHALITIS, VIRAL; FEMALE; HERPESVIRUS 3, HUMAN; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW SOUTH WALES; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SIMPLEXVIRUS; TOXOPLASMA;

EID: 70249087740     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1509.081540     Document Type: Review

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