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Viral aetiologies of acute encephalitis in a hospital-based South Asian population

BACKGROUND: The aetiological spectrum of acute encephalitis shows inter- and intra-geographical variations. We aimed to identify the viruses that cause infectious encephalitis in Sri Lanka, which represents a South Asian population. METHODS: A cross-sectional study was conducted among 99 patients wi...

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Autores principales:	Lohitharajah, Janarthani, Malavige, Neelika, Arambepola, Carukshi, Wanigasinghe, Jithangi, Gamage, Ranjanie, Gunaratne, Padma, Ratnayake, Pyara, Chang, Thashi
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	BioMed Central 2017
Materias:	Research Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5404678/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28438128 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-017-2403-z

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