Second epidemic of West Nile virus meningoencephalitis in Tunisia;Une deuxième épidémie de méningo-encéphalite à virus West Nile en Tunisie

Medecine et Maladies Infectieuses

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 456-461

  Hachfi, W ^a   Bougmiza, I ^b   Bellazreg, F ^a   Bahri, O ^c   Kaabia, N ^a   Bahri, F ^a   Letaief, A ^a  

^a FARHAT HACHED HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUSSE   (Tunisia)

^c PASTEUR INSTITUTE OF TUNIS   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Arboviruses; Encephalitis; Meningitis; Tunisia; West Nile virus

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTIBODY SCREENING; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; ENCEPHALITIS; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FLACCID PARALYSIS; HUMAN; LYMPHOCYTOSIS; MALE; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; MORTALITY; PROTEIN CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; SEX RATIO; TUNISIA; VIRUS INFECTION; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EPIDEMICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TUNISIA; WEST NILE FEVER; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955923385     PISSN: 0399077X     EISSN: 17696690     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.medmal.2009.12.005     Document Type: Article

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