Etiology and clinico-epidemiological profile of acute viral encephalitis in children of western Uttar Pradesh, India

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2010, Pages

  Beig, Farzana K ^a   Malik, Abida ^a   Rizvi, Meher ^a   Acharya, Deepshikha ^a   Khare, Shashi ^b  

^a ALIGARH MUSLIM UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF COMMUNICABLE DISEASES   (India)

Author keywords

Enterovirus 71; Herpes simplex virus; Measles; Mumps; Varicella zoster virus; Viral encephalitis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONVULSION; ENTEROVIRUS 71; FEMALE; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASLES; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MUMPS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL STATUS; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VIRUS ENCEPHALITIS; VIRUS ISOLATION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANIMALS; CELL LINE; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS, JAPANESE; ENCEPHALITIS, VIRAL; ENTEROVIRUS; FEMALE; HERPESVIRUS 1, HUMAN; HERPESVIRUS 3, HUMAN; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; INDIA; INFANT; MALE; MEASLES VIRUS; MUMPS VIRUS; NEUTRALIZATION TESTS; VERO CELLS;

EID: 76449086687     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2009.03.035     Document Type: Article

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