A case of meningo-encephalitis due to West Nile virus in Libreville, Gabon;Un cas de méningoencéphalite à virus West Nile à Libreville, Gabon

Medecine Tropicale

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 501-502

  Mandji Lawson, J M ^a   Mounguengui, D ^a   Ondounda, M ^a   Nguema Edzang, B ^a   Vandji, J ^a   Tchoua, R ^a  

^a Hôpital d'instruction des armées Omar Bongo Ondimba   (Gabon)

Author keywords

Gabon; Meningo encephalitis; West Nile virus

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; GABON; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MALE; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS; FATALITY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRUS MENINGITIS; WEST NILE FEVER;

VIRUS DNA;

DNA, VIRAL; FATAL OUTCOME; GABON; HUMANS; MALE; MENINGITIS, VIRAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE VIRUS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 75349101242     PISSN: 0025682X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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