An outbreak of aseptic meningitis due to echovirus 30 associated with attending school and swimming in pools

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 291-297

  Faustini, Annunziata ^a   Fano, Valeria ^a   Muscillo, Michele ^b   Zaniratti, Stefania ^c   La Rosa, Giuseppina ^b   Tribuzi, Laura ^d   Perucci, Carlo A ^a  

^a Local Health Authority RME   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES L SPALLANZANI   (Italy)

^d Local Health Agency RMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aseptic meningitis; Case control study; Echovirus 30

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASEPTIC MENINGITIS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHO VIRUS; ENTEROVIRUS INFECTION; EPIDEMIC; FECES; FEMALE; FEVER; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; ITALY; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL; SELF REPORT; STUDENT; SWIMMING POOL; SYMPTOM; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; VOMITING;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ECHOVIRUS INFECTIONS; ENTEROVIRUS B, HUMAN; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MENINGITIS, ASEPTIC; RISK FACTORS; ROME; SCHOOLS; SWIMMING POOLS;

EID: 33744915800     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2005.06.008     Document Type: Article

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