Japanese encephalitis in hill and mountain districts, Nepal

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1691-1692

  Bhattachan, Anuj ^a   Amatya, Sumi ^a   Sedai, Tika Ram ^a   Upreti, Shyam Raj ^b   Partridge, Jeffrey ^a,c  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b Minister for Health and Population Nepal   (Nepal)

^c WHO Nepal   (Nepal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIC ENCEPHALITIS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; LETTER; NEPAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; TRAVEL; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENCEPHALITIS, JAPANESE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEPAL; SEASONS; TRAVEL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349977118     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1510.081641     Document Type: Letter

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