Herpesviruses in cerebrospinal fluid of children with meningitis in Luanda, Angola

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 102, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Pelkonen, Tuula ^a,b,c   Roine, Irmeli ^d   Anjos, Elizabete ^a   Mäki, Minna ^e   Peltola, Heikki ^b,c   Pitkäranta, Anne ^b,c  

^a Hospital Pediatrico David Bernardino   (Angola)

^b HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSIDAD DIEGO PORTALES   (Chile)

^e Mobidiag Ltd   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BACTERIOLOGY; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CRANIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; ENCEPHALITIS; FEBRILE CONVULSION; HERPES SIMPLEX ENCEPHALITIS; HERPES VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN; MALARIA; MALNUTRITION; MENINGITIS; MICROCEPHALY; MIXED INFECTION; MORTALITY; MYELITIS; OPTIC NEURITIS; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOMOTOR RETARDATION; SEIZURE; STUDENT T TEST; VIRUS ENCEPHALITIS; VIRUS MENINGITIS;

ANGOLA; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; DNA, VIRAL; HERPESVIRIDAE; HERPESVIRUS 4, HUMAN; HUMANS; INFANT; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL;

EID: 84877576479     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: 16512227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/apa.12222     Document Type: Article

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