Enterovirus meningitis in Brazil, 1998-2003

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 98-104

  Dos Santos, Gina P L ^a   Skraba, Irene ^b   Oliveira, Denise ^c   Lima, Ana A F ^c   De Melo, Maria Mabel M ^d   Kmetzsch, Claudete I ^e   Da Costa, Eliane V ^a   Da Silva, Edson E ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b Laboratorio Central de Saude Publica   (Brazil)

^c Secretaria Estadual de Saude de Pernambuco   (Brazil)

^d Laboratório Central da Secretaria de Saúde do Estado de Pernambuco   (Brazil)

^e Secretaria Municipal de Saude   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Echovirus 30; RT PCR; Sequencing; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CHILD; ECHO VIRUS; ENCEPHALITIS; ENTEROVIRUS; FEMALE; FLACCID PARALYSIS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS MENINGITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BRAZIL; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENTEROVIRUS; ENTEROVIRUS INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MENINGITIS, VIRAL; MIDDLE AGED; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

COXSACKIEVIRUS; ECHOVIRUS; ENTEROVIRUS; HUMAN ECHOVIRUS 1; HUMAN ECHOVIRUS 13; HUMAN ECHOVIRUS 18; HUMAN ECHOVIRUS 25; HUMAN ECHOVIRUS 30; HUMAN ECHOVIRUS 4; HUMAN ECHOVIRUS 6; POLIOVIRUS;

EID: 28944442572     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.20509     Document Type: Article

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