Challenge of the unknown: A systematic review of acute encephalitis in non-outbreak situations

Neurology

Volumn 75, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 924-932

  Granerod, J ^a   Tam, C C ^b   Crowcroft, N S ^c   Davies, N W S ^d   Borchert, M ^b   Thomas, S L ^b  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c PUBLIC HEALTH ONTARIO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISSEMINATED ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; ADENOVIRUS; AFRICA; ASIA; BORRELIA; ECHO VIRUS; ENCEPHALITIS; EUROPE; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFLUENZA; JAPANESE ENCEPHALITIS; JAPANESE ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS; MEASLES; METHODOLOGY; MUMPS; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; NORTH AMERICA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TICK BORNE ENCEPHALITIS; TICK BORNE ENCEPHALITIS FLAVIVIRUS; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; EPIDEMIC;

DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENCEPHALITIS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE;

EID: 77957043049     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e3181f11d65     Document Type: Review

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