Echovirus-4 meningitis outbreak imported from India

Journal of Travel Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 66-68

  Gobbi, Federico ^a,b,c   Calleri, Guido ^d   Spezia, Claudia ^d   Lipani, Filippo ^d   Balbiano, Rosanna ^d   De Agostini, Maura ^d   Milia, Maria Grazia ^d   Caramello, Pietro ^d  

^a SACRO CUORE DON CALABRIA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b Ospedale S Cuore   (Italy)

^c ULSS 20   (Italy)

^d AMEDEO DI SAVOIA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; ECHO VIRUS; ECHO VIRUS 4; ENTEROVIRUS; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INDIA; ITALY; LYMPHOCYTOSIS; MALE; MENINGITIS; NONHUMAN; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRAVEL; VACCINATION; VIROLOGY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENTEROVIRUS B, HUMAN; ENTEROVIRUS INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; ITALY; MALE; MENINGITIS, VIRAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRAVEL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 74049161195     PISSN: 11951982     EISSN: 17088305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1708-8305.2009.00375.x     Document Type: Article

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