West Nile virus infection in Belgian Traveler Returning from Greece

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 684-685

  Cnops, Lieselotte ^a   Papa, Anna ^b   Lagra, Frideriki ^c   Weyers, Philippe ^d   Meersman, Kathleen ^a   Patsouros, Nicolas ^d   Van Esbroeck, Marjan ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^c GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^d St Jean Hosp   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTIPYRETIC AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; MANNITOL; PHENYTOIN;

AGED; CASE REPORT; DENGUE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FEVER; FLAVIVIRUS INFECTION; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYPONATREMIA; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; LETTER; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MYALGIA; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OXYGEN THERAPY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEIZURE; SEROLOGY; TRAVEL; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS INFECTION; YELLOW FEVER;

EID: 84875319997     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1904.121594     Document Type: Letter

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