A Case of Japanese Encephalitis with a Fatal Outcome in an Australian Who Traveled from Bali in 2019
Abstract
:1. Patient Case History and Clinical Presentation
2. Hospital Examination and Laboratory Findings
3. Whole Genome Sequencing and Phylogenetic Analysis
4. Patient Outcome
5. Discussion
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
Ethical Statement
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Pyke, A.T.; Choong, K.; Moore, F.; Schlebusch, S.; Taylor, C.; Hewitson, G.; McMahon, J.; Nair, N.; Moore, P.; Finger, M.; et al. A Case of Japanese Encephalitis with a Fatal Outcome in an Australian Who Traveled from Bali in 2019. Trop. Med. Infect. Dis. 2020, 5, 133. https://doi.org/10.3390/tropicalmed5030133
Pyke AT, Choong K, Moore F, Schlebusch S, Taylor C, Hewitson G, McMahon J, Nair N, Moore P, Finger M, et al. A Case of Japanese Encephalitis with a Fatal Outcome in an Australian Who Traveled from Bali in 2019. Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease. 2020; 5(3):133. https://doi.org/10.3390/tropicalmed5030133
Chicago/Turabian StylePyke, Alyssa T., Keat Choong, Frederick Moore, Sanmarié Schlebusch, Carmel Taylor, Glen Hewitson, Jamie McMahon, Neelima Nair, Peter Moore, Mitchell Finger, and et al. 2020. "A Case of Japanese Encephalitis with a Fatal Outcome in an Australian Who Traveled from Bali in 2019" Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease 5, no. 3: 133. https://doi.org/10.3390/tropicalmed5030133
APA StylePyke, A. T., Choong, K., Moore, F., Schlebusch, S., Taylor, C., Hewitson, G., McMahon, J., Nair, N., Moore, P., Finger, M., Burtonclay, P., & Wheatley, S. (2020). A Case of Japanese Encephalitis with a Fatal Outcome in an Australian Who Traveled from Bali in 2019. Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 5(3), 133. https://doi.org/10.3390/tropicalmed5030133