Epstein-barr virus coinfection in cerebrospinal fluid is associated with increased mortality in Malawian adults with bacterial meningitis

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 205, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 106-110

  Kelly, Matthew J ^a   Benjamin, Laura A ^a   Cartwright, Katharine ^b,g   Ajdukiewicz, Katherine M B ^b,h   Cohen, Danielle B ^b,i   Menyere, Mavis ^c   Galbraith, Sareen ^a   Guiver, Malcolm ^d   Neuhann, Florian ^e   Solomon, Tom ^a   Lalloo, David G ^f   Heyderman, Robert S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

^c MALAWI LIVERPOOL WELLCOME TRUST CLINICAL RESEARCH PROGRAMME   (Malawi)

^d MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^f LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^g LEICESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^h NORTH MANCHESTER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ SHEFFIELD TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS INFECTION; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAWIAN; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COINFECTION; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTIONS; DNA, VIRAL; EPSTEIN-BARR VIRUS INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HERPESVIRUS 1, HUMAN; HERPESVIRUS 2, HUMAN; HERPESVIRUS 3, HUMAN; HERPESVIRUS 4, HUMAN; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALAWI; MALE; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84555187483     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jir707     Document Type: Article

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