First report of an outbreak of aseptic meningitis caused by echovirus type 13 in Japan

Pediatrics International

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 494-496

  Onishi, Noriko ^a,b   Hosoya, Mitsuaki ^b   Sato, Kei ^a   Katayose, Masahiko ^a   Kato, Kazuo ^c   Suzuki, Hitoshi ^b  

^a Soma Public Hospital   (Japan)

^b FUKUSHIMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Fukushima Institute of Public Health   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aseptic meningitis; Echovirus type 13; PCR

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASEPTIC MENINGITIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; ECHOVIRUS TYPE 13; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; JAPAN; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOVIRUS; THROAT CULTURE; VIRUS CULTURE; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS STRAIN;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ECHOVIRUS INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; JAPAN; MALE; MENINGITIS, ASEPTIC;

EID: 0141519628     PISSN: 13288067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-200X.2003.01747.x     Document Type: Article

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