An aseptic meningitis outbreak caused by echovirus 6 in Anhui province, China

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 441-445

  Mao, Naiying ^a   Zhao, Liping ^b   Zhu, Zhen ^a   Chen, Xia ^b   Zhou, Shujie ^b   Zhang, Yan ^a   Cui, Aili ^a   Ji, Yixin ^a   Xu, Songtao ^a   Xu, Wenbo ^a  

^a National Institute for Viral Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

^b Anhui Center for Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

Author keywords

Aseptic meningitis outbreak; Echovirus 6; Human enterovirus; Phylogenetic analysis

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN VP1; VIRUS PROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASEPTIC MENINGITIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHILD; CHINA; ECHO VIRUS; EPIDEMIC; FECES ANALYSIS; GENE CLUSTER; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RHABDOMYOSARCOMA; SARCOMA CELL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS NEUTRALIZATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADOLESCENT; CAPSID PROTEINS; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL LINE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ECHOVIRUS 6, HUMAN; ECHOVIRUS INFECTIONS; FECES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MENINGITIS, ASEPTIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEUTRALIZATION TESTS; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

ENTEROVIRUS; HUMAN ECHOVIRUS 6;

EID: 75449119506     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: 10969071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.21707     Document Type: Article

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