Eastern equine encephalitis: An emerging arboviral disease threat, maine, 2009

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 637-639

  Gibney, Katherine B ^a,b   Robinson, Sara ^c   Mutebi, John Paul ^a   Hoenig, Donald E ^d   Bernier, Brian J ^c   Webber, Lori ^c   Lubelczyk, Charles ^e   Nett, Randall J ^a   Fischer, Marc ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c Maine Centers for Disease Control and Prevention   (United States)

^d Maine Department of Agriculture Food and Rural Resources   (United States)

^e Maine Medical Center Research Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

eastern equine encephalitis; encephalitis; maine; meningitis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EASTERN EQUINE ENCEPHALITIS; EASTERN EQUINE ENCEPHALOMYELITIS VIRUS; ENCEPHALITIS; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MENINGITIS; NONHUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; VIRUS DIAGNOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; CAMELIDS, NEW WORLD; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS, EASTERN EQUINE; FEMALE; GALLIFORMES; HORSES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MAINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

EASTERN EQUINE ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS; EQUIDAE; LAMA (MAMMAL); PHASIANIDAE;

EID: 79959400353     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: 15577759     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2010.0189     Document Type: Article

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