Eastern equine encephalitis in Latin America

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 369, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 732-744

  Carrera, Jean Paul ^a   Forrester, Naomi ^e   Wang, Eryu ^e   Vittor, Amy Y ^e,f   Haddow, Andrew D ^e   Loṕez Vergès, Sandra ^a   Abadiá, Ivan ^b   Castanõ, Elizabeth ^b   Sosa, Nestor ^a   Baéz, Carmen ^b   Estripeaut, Dora ^b   Diáz, Yamilka ^a   Beltrań, Davis ^a   Cisneros, Julio ^a   Cedeño, Hector G ^c   Da Rosa, Amelia P Travassos ^e   Hernandez, Humberto ^d   Martínez Torres, Alex O ^a   Tesh, Robert B ^e   Weaver, Scott C ^e  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE PANAMÁ   (Panama)

^b Hospital del Niño   (Panama)

^c Ministry of Health   (Panama)

^d Ministry of Agricultural Development   (Panama)

^e University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; VIRUS RNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COORDINATION DISORDER; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EASTERN EQUINE ENCEPHALITIS; EASTERN EQUINE ENCEPHALOMYELITIS VIRUS; ENCEPHALITIS; EPIDEMIC; EPILEPTIC STATE; FEMALE; FEVER; HORSE DISEASE; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; INCIDENCE; LETHARGY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PLEOCYTOSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTRATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SEIZURE; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; VENEZUELAN EQUINE ENCEPHALITIS; VENEZUELAN EQUINE ENCEPHALOMYELITIS ALPHAVIRUS; VIRUS CELL INTERACTION; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS VIRULENCE; VOMITING;

EID: 84882756609     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa1212628     Document Type: Article

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