Tick-borne encephalitis in childhood rare or missed?

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 355-357

  Hansson, Magnus E A ^a,b   Örvell, Claes ^a,b   Engman, Mona Lisa ^a,b   Wide, Katarina ^a,b   Lindquist, Lars ^a,b   Lidefelt, Karl Johan ^a,b   Sundin, Mikael ^a,b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Children; Symptoms; TBE

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL HISTORY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROLOGY; TICK BORNE ENCEPHALITIS;

EID: 79954601083     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: 15320987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0b013e3181fe3b5a     Document Type: Article

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