Etiology of acute meningitis and encephalitis from hospital-based surveillance in South Kazakhstan oblast, February 2017-January 2018.

Etiology of acute meningitis and encephalitis from hospital-based surveillance in South Kazakhstan oblast, February 2017-January 2018.

Encephalitis and meningitis (EM) are severe infections of the central nervous system associated with high morbidity and mortality. The etiology of EM in Kazakhstan is not clearly defined, so from February 1, 2017 to January 31, 2018 we conducted hospital-based syndromic surveillance for EM at the Sh...

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Main Authors: Yekaterina Bumburidi, Gulmira Utepbergenova, Bakhtygali Yerezhepov, Nursulu Berdiyarova, Kaldikul Kulzhanova, Jennifer Head, Daphne Moffett, Daniel Singer, Pawan Angra, Toni Whistler, James Sejvar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2021-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0251494

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