Causality in acute encephalitis: Defining aetiologies

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 138, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 783-800

  Granerod, J ^a   Cunningham, R ^b   Zuckerman, M ^c   Mutton, K ^d   Davies, N W S ^e   Walsh, A L ^a   Ward, K N ^e   Hilton, D A ^b   Ambrose, H E ^f   Clewley, J P ^a   Morgan, D ^a   Lunn, M P ^g   Solomon, T ^h   Brown, D W G ^a   Crowcroft, N S ^a,i  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b PLYMOUTH HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d MANCHESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^g NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

^h UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ PUBLIC HEALTH ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aetiology; Case definition; Encephalitis; Infection

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ENCEPHALITIS; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; PATHOGENICITY; REVIEW; AMEBIASIS; BACTERIAL INFECTION; MICROBIOLOGY; RICKETTSIACEAE INFECTION; TOXOPLASMOSIS; UNITED KINGDOM; VIRUS INFECTION;

ACUTE DISEASE; AMEBIASIS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; ENCEPHALITIS; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; RICKETTSIA INFECTIONS; TOXOPLASMOSIS; VIRUS DISEASES;

EID: 77952538771     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268810000725     Document Type: Review

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