First documented case of imported tick-borne encephalitis in Australia

Internal Medicine Journal

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 93-96

  Chaudhuri, A ^a   Ruzek D ^b  

^a THE PRINCE CHARLES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b INSTITUTE OF PARASITOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Flavivirus; Tick borne encephalitis virus; Travel medicine; Viral encephalitis

Indexed keywords

CREATINE KINASE; CREATININE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; FATIGUE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MYALGIA; MYOSITIS; NEUTROPHILIA; PLEOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; TEMPERATURE; TICK BORNE ENCEPHALITIS;

ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; AUSTRALIA; ENCEPHALITIS VIRUSES, TICK-BORNE; ENCEPHALITIS, TICK-BORNE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; RUSSIA; TRAVEL;

EID: 84872526379     PISSN: 14440903     EISSN: 14455994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/imj.12017     Document Type: Article

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