New estimates of incidence of encephalitis in England

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1455-1462

  Granerod, Julia ^a   Cousens, Simon ^b   Davies, Nicholas W S ^c   Crowcroft, Natasha S ^d   Thomas, Sara L ^b  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c CHELSEA AND WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d PUBLIC HEALTH ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; HERPES SIMPLEX ENCEPHALITIS; HERPES ZOSTER ENCEPHALITIS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84882700637     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1909.130064     Document Type: Article

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