Picornaviruses in cerebrospinal fluid of children with meningitis in Luanda, Angola

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 84, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1080-1083

  Pelkonen, Tuula ^a,b,c   Roine, Irmeli ^d   Anjos, Elizabete ^a   Kaijalainen, Svetlana ^e   Roivainen, Merja ^e   Peltola, Heikki ^b,c   Pitkäranta, Anne ^c,f  

^a Pediatric Hospital David Bernardino   (Angola)

^b HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSIDAD DIEGO PORTALES   (Chile)

^e NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^f HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Bacterial meningitis; Child; Co infection; Developing countries; Viral meningitis

Indexed keywords

ANGOLA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENTEROVIRUS; FEMALE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HAEMOPHILUS MENINGITIS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIXED INFECTION; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; PICORNAVIRUS; PNEUMOCOCCAL MENINGITIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHINOVIRUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; SURVIVAL; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS; VIRUS CHARACTERIZATION; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS GENE;

ANGOLA; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHILD; COINFECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MENINGITIS, VIRAL; PICORNAVIRIDAE; PICORNAVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROVIRUS; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; RHINOVIRUS;

EID: 84860994251     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: 10969071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.23304     Document Type: Article

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