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First epidemic of echovirus 16 meningitis in Cuba.
- Source :
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Emerging infectious diseases [Emerg Infect Dis] 2001 Sep-Oct; Vol. 7 (5), pp. 887-9. - Publication Year :
- 2001
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Abstract
- From April to September 2000, an epidemic of aseptic meningitis spread throughout Cuba, with 16,943 reported cases. Virologic studies identified echovirus 16 as the cause of this epidemic. This is the first reported isolate of echovirus 16 from patients with viral meningitis in Cuba.
- Subjects :
- Adolescent
Adult
Age Distribution
Cerebrospinal Fluid virology
Child
Child, Preschool
Cuba epidemiology
Echovirus Infections diagnosis
Echovirus Infections virology
Enterovirus B, Human classification
Enterovirus B, Human genetics
Feces virology
Humans
Incidence
Infant
Meningitis, Aseptic diagnosis
Meningitis, Aseptic virology
Meningitis, Viral diagnosis
Meningitis, Viral virology
Middle Aged
RNA, Viral analysis
Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
Disease Outbreaks
Echovirus Infections epidemiology
Enterovirus B, Human isolation & purification
Meningitis, Aseptic epidemiology
Meningitis, Viral epidemiology
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1080-6040
- Volume :
- 7
- Issue :
- 5
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Emerging infectious diseases
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 11747705
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.3201/eid0705.017520