Viral etiology of aseptic meningitis among children in Southern Iran

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 83, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 884-888

  Hosseininasab, Ali ^a   Alborzi, Abdolvahab ^b   Ziyaeyan, Mazyar ^b   Jamalidoust, Marzieh ^b   Moeini, Mahsa ^b   Pouladfar, Gholamreza ^b   Abbasian, Amin ^b   Kadivar, Mohamad Rahim ^b  

^a KERMAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Aseptic meningitis; Children; Iran; Polymerase chain reaction; Viral disease

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; GLUCOSE; MUMPS VACCINE; PROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; CHILD; DISEASE DURATION; ENTEROVIRUS; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEVER; GROUPS BY AGE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 6; INFANT; INFECTION RATE; IRAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MUMPS; MUMPS VIRUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCHOOL CHILD; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VIRUS ETIOLOGY; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION; VIRUS MENINGITIS;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; IRAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MENINGITIS, VIRAL; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; VIRUSES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROVIRUS; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 3; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 4; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 5; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 6; MUMPS VIRUS; SIMPLEXVIRUS;

EID: 79952724191     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: 10969071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.22056     Document Type: Article

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