Chandipura virus encephalitis outbreak among children in Nagpur division, Maharashtra, 2007

Indian Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 132, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 395-399

  Gurav, Yogesh K ^a   Tandale, Babasaheb V ^a   Jadi, Ramesh S ^a   Gunjikar, Rashmi S ^a   Tikute, Sanjaykumar S ^a   Jamgaonkar, Aniruddha V ^a   Khadse, Ravindra K ^b   Jalgaonkar, Suresh V ^b   Arankalle, Vidya A ^a   Mishra, Akhilesh C ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF VIROLOGY   (India)

^b GOVERNMENT MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Acute encephalitis syndrome; Chandipura virus; Children; Outbreak; Sandfly

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; UREA; VIRUS ANTIBODY; VIRUS RNA; NUCLEOCAPSID PROTEIN; PRIMER DNA;

ARTICLE; BABINSKI REFLEX; BLEEDING TENDENCY; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHANDIPURA VIRUS ENCEPHALITIS; CHILD; CONVULSION; DIARRHEA; DYSPNEA; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FEVER; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INDIA; JAPANESE ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MUSCLE HYPERTONIA; MUSCLE HYPOTONIA; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PSYCHODIDAE; PUPIL DISEASE; RASH; REFLEX DISORDER; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHABDOMYOSARCOMA; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SEROCONVERSION; SEROLOGY; SHOCK; TACHYCARDIA; TACHYPNEA; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; UREA BLOOD LEVEL; URINE INCONTINENCE; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS ENCEPHALITIS; VIRUS ISOLATION; VOMITING; ANIMAL; BLOOD; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISEASE CARRIER; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENETICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PATHOLOGY; RHABDOVIRUS INFECTION; TUMOR CELL LINE; VESICULAR STOMATITIS VIRUS; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CHILD; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA PRIMERS; ENCEPHALITIS, VIRAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; INSECT VECTORS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEOCAPSID PROTEINS; PHYLOGENY; PSYCHODIDAE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHABDOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VESICULOVIRUS;

EID: 78049522009     PISSN: 09715916     EISSN: 09715916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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