Tickborne powassan virus infections among wisconsin residents

Wisconsin Medical Journal

Volumn 109, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 91-97

  Johnson, Diep K Hoang ^a   Staples, J Erin ^b   Sotir, Mark J ^a,d   Warshauer, David M ^c   Davis, Jeffrey P ^a  

^a WISCONSIN DIVISION OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^c WISCONSIN STATE LABORATORY OF HYGIENE   (United States)

^d CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOXYCYCLINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AGED; ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANAPLASMATACEAE INFECTION; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY TITER; ARBOVIRUS; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHILL; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; FEVER; HEALTH EDUCATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN GRANULOCYTIC ANAPLASMOSIS; INCIDENCE; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; INSECT BITE; INTERVIEW; LABORATORY TEST; LETHARGY; MALE; POWASSAN ENCEPHALITIS; ST LOUIS FLAVIVIRUS; SURVIVAL RATE; TICK; TICK BORNE ENCEPHALITIS FLAVIVIRUS; TRAVEL; UNITED STATES;

AGED; ENCEPHALITIS, TICK-BORNE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; WISCONSIN;

EID: 77952395867     PISSN: 10981861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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