Time trends of viral meningitis among young adults in Israel: 1978-2012

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1149-1153

  Levine, Hagai ^a,b   Mimouni, Daniel ^a,c,d   Zurel Farber, Anat ^a   Zahavi, Alon ^a   Molina Hazan, Vered ^a   Bar Zeev, Yael ^a   Huerta Hartal, Michael ^a  

^a MEDICAL CORPS   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^d RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARMY; ARTICLE; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; ECHO VIRUS; ECHO VIRUS 4; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; ISRAEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER; VIRUS MENINGITIS; WINTER; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MENINGITIS, VIRAL; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; SEASON; TIME; VIRUS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; ISRAEL; MALE; MENINGITIS, VIRAL; MIDDLE AGED; SEASONS; TIME; VIRUSES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84903816993     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: 14354373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-014-2057-3     Document Type: Article

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