Case report: West nile virus (Kunjin subtype) disease in the Northern Territory of Australia - A case of encephalitis and review of all reported cases

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 85, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 952-956

  Gray, Timothy J ^a,b,c,d,e,f   Burrow, James N ^a,b,c,d,e,g   Markey, Peter G ^a,b,c,d,e,h   Whelan, Peter I ^a,b,c,d,e,h   Jackson, Justin ^a,b,c,d,e,i   Smith, David W ^a,b,c,d,e   Currie, Bart J ^a,b,c,d,e  

^a Centre for Disease Control   (Australia)

^b Medical Entomology   (Australia)

^c ROYAL DARWIN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d PATHWEST LABORATORY MEDICINE   (Australia)

^e MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

^f Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases   (Australia)

^g Royal Darwin Hospital   (United States)

^h Centre for Disease Control   (Australia)

ⁱ ROYAL HOBART HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; HIP OSTEOARTHRITIS; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MUSCLE HYPERTONIA; MYALGIA; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PLEOCYTOSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RASH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; TENDON REFLEX; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS VIRULENCE; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS; CASE REPORT; CLASSIFICATION; REVIEW;

WEST NILE VIRUS;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; HUMANS; MALE; NORTHERN TERRITORY; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 81155131373     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2011.11-0165     Document Type: Article

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