Seven-fold increase in viral meningo-encephalitis reports in England and Wales during 2004-2013

Journal of Infection

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 326-332

  Kadambari, Seilesh ^a   Okike, Ifeanyichukwu ^a   Ribeiro, Sonia ^b   Ramsay, Mary E ^b   Heath, Paul T ^a   Sharland, Mike ^a   Ladhani, Shamez N ^a,b  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Genotyping; Meningitis; Surveillance; Virus

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; CHILD; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; ENTEROVIRUS; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; FEMALE; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; MOLECULAR TYPING; MORTALITY; TREND STUDY; UNITED KINGDOM; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS LOAD; ENCEPHALITIS, VIRAL; MENINGITIS, VIRAL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; VIROLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENCEPHALITIS, VIRAL; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; MENINGITIS, VIRAL; MIDDLE AGED; WALES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84908552206     PISSN: 01634453     EISSN: 15322742     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2014.05.012     Document Type: Article

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