Toscana meningoencephalitis: A comparison to other viral central nervous system infections

Journal of Clinical Virology

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 204-208

  Jaijakul, Siraya ^a   Arias, Cesar A ^a   Hossain, Monir ^a   Arduino, Roberto C ^a   Wootton, Susan H ^a   Hasbun, Rodrigo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Enterovirus; Herpes simplex virus; Meningoencephalitis; Toscana virus; West Nile virus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; CASE STUDY; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENTEROVIRUS; ENTEROVIRUS INFECTION; FEMALE; FLAVIVIRUS INFECTION; GROUPS BY AGE; HERPES SIMPLEX ENCEPHALITIS; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HUMAN; INFANT; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHLEBOVIRUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPRING; SUMMER; TOSCANA MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; TOSCANA VIRUS; TRAVEL; UNITED STATES; VIRUS ENCEPHALITIS; VIRUS PATHOGENESIS; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS; WINTER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BUNYAVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; MIDDLE AGED; SANDFLY FEVER NAPLES VIRUS; TEXAS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84866405075     PISSN: 13866532     EISSN: 18735967     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcv.2012.07.007     Document Type: Article

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