Raccoon roundworm encephalitis

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 39, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1484-1492

  Murray, William J ^a   Kazacos, Kevin R ^b  

^a SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE;

AGE; BAYLISASCARIS ENCEPHALITIS; BAYLISASCARIS PROCYONIS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EGG; ENCEPHALITIS; EOSINOPHILIA; EXPOSURE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LARVA MIGRANS; MALE; NECROSIS; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACCOON; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; ASCARIDIASIS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM HELMINTHIASIS; ENCEPHALITIS; HUMANS; RACCOONS;

EID: 8744298559     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/425364     Document Type: Review

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