Description of a widespread outbreak of aseptic meningitis due to echovirus 30 in rio de janeiro state, Brazil

Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 367-370

  Pinto Junior, Vitor Laerte ^a   Rebelo, Maria Cristina ^b   da Costa, Eliane Veiga ^a   da Silva, Edson Elias ^a   Bóia, Márcio Neves ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b Instituto Estadual de Infectologia Sao Sebastiao   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Aseptic meningitis; Cerebrospinal fluid; Echoviruses; Enterovirus

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; GLUCOSE; PROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ASEPTIC MENINGITIS; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BRAZIL; CELL CULTURE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DRUG USE; ECHO VIRUS; ENTEROVIRUS; FATALITY; FEMALE; FEVER; HEADACHE; HUMAN; LABORATORY; MALE; MONONUCLEAR CELL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEROTYPE; VIRUS INFECTION; VOMITING; ECHOVIRUS INFECTION; EPIDEMIC; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; VIROLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAZIL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ECHOVIRUS INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MENINGITIS, ASEPTIC; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953695531     PISSN: 14138670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1413-86702009000500011     Document Type: Article

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