Persistent infection with West Nile virus years after initial infection

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 201, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 2-4

  Murray, Kristy ^a,c   Walker, Christopher ^a   Herrington, Emily ^a   Lewis, Jessica A ^b   McCormick, Joseph ^a   Beasley, David W C ^b   Tesh, Robert B ^b   Fisher Hoch, Susan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRUS INFECTION; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

AGED; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 71949107771     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/648731     Document Type: Article

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