A new variant of echovirus 4 associated with a large outbreak of aseptic meningitis

Journal of Clinical Virology

Volumn 13, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 29-36

  Handsher, Rachel ^a   Shulman, Lester M ^a   Abramovitz, Batia ^a   Silberstein, Ilana ^a   Neuman, Mina ^a   Tepperberg Oikawa, Michal ^a   Fisher, Tamar ^a   Mendelson, Ella ^a  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Israel)

Author keywords

Echovirus 4 variant; Molecular analysis; Outbreak

Indexed keywords

MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; VIRUS RNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARAB; ASEPTIC MENINGITIS; CHILD; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORRELATION FUNCTION; ECHO VIRUS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; INFANT; ISRAEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROTYPE; SEX DIFFERENCE; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS STRAIN;

DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ECHOVIRUS INFECTIONS; ENTEROVIRUS B, HUMAN; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MENINGITIS, VIRAL; MIDDLE EAST; PHYLOGENY; SEROTYPING; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0032988864     PISSN: 13866532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1386-6532(99)00014-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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