Aetiologies of Central Nervous System infections in adults in Kathmandu, Nepal: A prospective hospital-based study

Scientific Reports

Volumn 3, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Giri, Abhishek ^a   Arjyal, Amit ^a,c   Koirala, Samir ^a,c   Karkey, Abhilasha ^a,c   Dongol, Sabina ^a,c   Thapa, Sudeep Dhoj ^a   Shilpakar, Olita ^a   Shrestha, Rishav ^a   Van Tan, Le ^a   Thi Thuy Chinh, Bkrong Nguyen ^a   Krishna K c , Radheshyam ^a,c   Pathak, Kamal Raj ^a   Shakya, Mila ^a   Farrar, Jeremy ^a,b   Van Doorn, H Rogier ^a,b   Basnyat, Buddha ^a,c  

^a OXFORD UNIVERSITY CLINICAL RESEARCH UNIT   (Viet Nam)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c PATAN HOSPITAL   (Nepal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MENINGITIS; MIDDLE AGED; NEPAL; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; STATISTICS;

ADULT; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MENINGITIS; MIDDLE AGED; NEPAL; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84882295828     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep02382     Document Type: Article

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