Meningitis and a febrile vomiting illness caused by echovirus type 4, Northern Territory, Australia

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 63-68

  Markey, Peter G ^a   Davis, Joshua S ^b   Harnett, Gerry B ^c   Williams, Simon H ^c   Speers, David J ^c  

^a Centre for Disease Control   (Australia)

^b ROYAL DARWIN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c PATHWEST LABORATORY MEDICINE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN VP1;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CHINA; CLINICAL FEATURE; ECHO VIRUS; ENTEROVIRUS; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FEVER; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; LETHARGY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS MENINGITIS; VIRUS STRAIN; VOMITING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BASE SEQUENCE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ECHOVIRUS INFECTIONS; ENTEROVIRUS B, HUMAN; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MENINGITIS, VIRAL; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NORTHERN TERRITORY; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PHYLOGENY; VOMITING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 73949131658     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1601.081519     Document Type: Article

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