Echovirus 30 Outbreak associated with a high meningitis attack rate in Thrace, Greece

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 914-916

  Mantadakis, Elpis ^a   Pogka, Vasiliki ^b   Voulgari Kokota, Androniki ^b   Tsouvala, Emmanouela ^a   Emmanouil, Mary ^b   Kremastinou, Jenny ^c   Chatzimichael, Athanassios ^a   Mentis, Andreas ^b  

^a DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b HELLENIC PASTEUR INSTITUTE   (Greece)

^c Hellenic Centre for Disease Control and Prevention   (Greece)

Author keywords

aseptic meningitis; echovirus 30; enteroviruses; epidemic; Greece

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHILD; ECHO VIRUS; ECHO VIRUS 30; EPIDEMIC; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FEVER; GREECE; HEADACHE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENINGITIS; PLEOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; VIRUS ISOLATION;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ECHOVIRUS INFECTIONS; ENTEROVIRUS B, HUMAN; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMANS; MALE; MENINGITIS, ASEPTIC;

EID: 84880600710     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: 15320987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0b013e31828f875c     Document Type: Article

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