During an epidemic of Japanese encephalitis (JE) in northern Thailand, cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leukocytes and blood leukocytes from 28 patients with suspected JE were tested for spontaneous in vitro synthesis of antibodies to JE virus (JEV). Sixteen patients were subsequently proven to be infected
Japanese encephalitis: Idenufication of inflammatory cells in cerebrospinal fluid
β Scribed by Dr Richard T. Johnson; Pensri Intralawan; Siriraj Puapanwatton
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1986
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 550 KB
- Volume
- 20
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0364-5134
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