West Nile Encephalitis and Its Characteristics in Childhood

authors:

avatar Meltem Karabay 1 , 2 , * , avatar Aziz Ogutlu 2 , avatar Gokcen Ozturk 2 , avatar Ertugrul Guclu 2 , avatar Oguz Karabay 2

Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Sakarya University, Sakarya, Turkey
Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Sakarya University, Sakarya, Turkey
Iranian Journal of Pediatrics: Vol.25, issue 3
published online: June 21, 2015
article type: Letter
received: July 1, 2014
accepted: November 30, 2014
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5812/ijp.246

how to cite: Karabay M, Ogutlu A, Ozturk G, Guclu E, Karabay O. West Nile Encephalitis and Its Characteristics in Childhood. Iran J Pediatr. 2015;25(3): -. https://doi.org/10.5812/ijp.246.

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