International Journal of Infectious Diseases
Volume 14, Issue 2 , Pages e141-e146 , February 2010

Etiology and clinico-epidemiological profile of acute viral encephalitis in children of western Uttar Pradesh, India

  • Farzana K. Beig

      Affiliations

    • Department of Paediatrics, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, India
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  • Abida Malik

      Affiliations

    • Department of Microbiology, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh 202002, India
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +009837007606; fax: +91 0571 2704498.
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  • Meher Rizvi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Microbiology, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh 202002, India
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  • Deepshikha Acharya

      Affiliations

    • Department of Paediatrics, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, India
    • ,
  • Shashi Khare

      Affiliations

    • Department of Microbiology, National Institute of Communicable Diseases, New Delhi, India

Received 10 May 2008 ,Revised 22 December 2008 ,Accepted 31 March 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2009.03.035

International Journal of Infectious Diseases
Volume 14, Issue 2 , Pages e141-e146 , February 2010

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