Is west nile virus a potential cause of central nervous system infection in brazil?;Seria o vírus do oeste do nilo causa potencial de infecção no sistema nervoso central no brasil?

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 761-763

  Soares, Cristiane N ^a,b   Castro, Mauro J Cabral ^b   Peralta, José M ^b   de Freitas, Marcos R G ^a   Puccioni Sohler, Marzia ^b,c  

^a FLUMINENSE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF THE STATE OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Csf; Dengue infection; Encephalitis; Meningitis; Viral; West nile virus

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DENGUE; FEMALE; FLAVIVIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN; MALE; VIRUS ENCEPHALITIS; VIRUS MENINGITIS; VIRUS NEUTRALIZATION; VIRUS PLAQUE; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

EID: 78649501582     PISSN: 0004282X     EISSN: 16784227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0004-282X2010000500016     Document Type: Article

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