Powassan virus encephalitis, minnesota, Usa

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1669-1671

  Birge, Justin ^a   Sonnesyn, Steven ^a  

^a ABBOTT NORTHWESTERN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; CEFTRIAXONE; DOXYCYCLINE; ETIRACETAM; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; SODIUM;

AGED; AREFLEXIA; ARTICLE; BABINSKI REFLEX; BRAIN DISEASE; BREATHING DISORDER; CASE REPORT; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; DEATH; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; EYE DISEASE; FEMALE; FLACCID PARALYSIS; HUMAN; INTUBATION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POWASSAN ENCEPHALITIS; TICK BORNE ENCEPHALITIS FLAVIVIRUS; UNITED STATES; VIRUS ENCEPHALITIS;

AGED; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; ENCEPHALITIS VIRUSES, TICK-BORNE; ENCEPHALITIS, TICK-BORNE; ENCEPHALITIS, VIRAL; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; MINNESOTA; TICKS;

EID: 84866538794     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1810.120621     Document Type: Article

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