Co-infection of arboviruses presenting as Acute Encephalitis Syndrome

Journal of Clinical Virology

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 5-7

  Khan, Siraj A ^a   Dutta, Prafulla ^a   Chowdhury, Pritom ^a   Borah, Jani ^a   Topno, Rashmee ^a   Mahanta, Jagadish ^a  

^a REGIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

Acute Encephalitis Syndrome; Assam; Co infection; ELISA; PCR

Indexed keywords

METRONIDAZOLE; ROXITHROMYCIN;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ARBOVIRUS; BLOOD EXAMINATION; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CONVULSION; ENCEPHALITIS; FEVER; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; MENTAL DISEASE; MIXED INFECTION; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; BRAIN; CONSCIOUSNESS; ENCEPHALITIS; ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS, JAPANESE; ENCEPHALITIS, JAPANESE; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; FEVER; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; LUNG; MALE; METRONIDAZOLE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; ROXITHROMYCIN; SEIZURES; SYNDROME; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 79953749290     PISSN: 13866532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcv.2011.02.005     Document Type: Note

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