West nile virus neurologic disease in Humans, South Africa, September 2008-May 2009

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2051-2054

  Zaayman, Dewald ^a   Venter, Marietjie ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR COMMUNICABLE DISEASES   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; NEUTRALIZING ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ENCEPHALITIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA SEQUENCE; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEROPREVALENCE; SOUTH AFRICA; VIRUS NEUTRALIZATION; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

ANTIBODIES, NEUTRALIZING; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PHYLOGENY; RNA, VIRAL; SOUTH AFRICA; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 84869749399     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1812.111208     Document Type: Article

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