Encephalitis-associated hospitalizations among American Indians and Alaska Natives

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 755-759

  Mehal, Jason M ^a   Holman, Robert C ^a   Vora, Neil M ^a   Blanton, Jesse ^a   Gordon, Paul H ^b   Cheek, James E ^c  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b Northern Navajo Medical Center   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; CHILD; ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALASKA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENCEPHALITIS; ENCEPHALITIS, VIRAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; INFANT; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84898751722     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.13-0420     Document Type: Article

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