First epidemic of aseptic meningitis due to echovirus type 13 among Spanish children

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 130, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 251-256

  Trallero, G ^a   Casas, I ^a   Avellon A ^a   Perez C ^b   Tenorio, A ^a   De La Loma, A ^a  

^a Servicio de Virología   (Spain)

^b Dr Negrin University Hospital   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASEPTIC MENINGITIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHO VIRUS; ENTEROVIRUS; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FEVER; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SEROTYPE; SPAIN; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS MENINGITIS;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ECHOVIRUS INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MENINGITIS, ASEPTIC; SPAIN;

EID: 0037398435     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268802008191     Document Type: Article

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