Viral Aetiology of Central Nervous System Infections in Adults Admitted to a Tertiary Referral Hospital in Southern Vietnam over 12 Years

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2014, Pages

  Tan, Le Van ^a   Thai, Le Hong ^b   Phu, Nguyen Hoan ^b   Nghia, Ho Dang Trung ^a,b,c   Chuong, Ly Van ^b   Sinh, Dinh Xuan ^b   Phong, Nguyen Duy ^b   Mai, Nguyen Thi Hoang ^b   Man, Dinh Nguyen Huy ^b   Hien, Vo Minh ^b   Vinh, Nguyen Thanh ^b   Day, Jeremy ^a,d   Chau, Nguyen Van Vinh ^b   Hien, Tran Tinh ^a,d   Farrar, Jeremy ^a,d   de Jong, Menno D ^a,e   Thwaites, Guy ^a,d   van Doorn, H Rogier ^a,d   Chau, Tran Thi Hong ^b  

^a OXFORD UNIVERSITY CLINICAL RESEARCH UNIT   (Viet Nam)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

^c PHAM NGOC THACH UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Viet Nam)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; GLUCOSE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; LACTIC ACID; VALACICLOVIR; VIRUS DNA; VIRUS RNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHEMILUMINESCENCE IMMUNOASSAY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DENGUE; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HERPES SIMPLEX ENCEPHALITIS; HERPES ZOSTER; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; JAPANESE ENCEPHALITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MUMPS; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROTEIN CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; RABIES; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RUBELLA; SERODIAGNOSIS; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; VIET NAM; VIRUS ETIOLOGY; AGED; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTIONS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VIROLOGY; VIRUS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS; VIETNAM; VIRUSES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84928350405     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0003127     Document Type: Article

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