Recent outbreak of aseptic meningitis in Italy due to Echovirus 30 and phylogenetic relationship with other European circulating strains

Journal of Clinical Virology

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 579-583

  Milia, Maria Grazia ^a   Cerutti, Francesco ^a   Gregori, Gabriella ^a   Burdino, Elisa ^a   Allice, Tiziano ^a   Ruggiero, Tina ^a   Proia, Maria ^a   De Rosa, Giulia ^b   Enrico, Eugenia ^b   Lipani, Filippo ^a   Di Perri, Giovanni ^a   Ghisetti, Valeria ^a  

^a AMEDEO DI SAVOIA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b Ivrea General Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aseptic meningitis; Echovirus 30; Enterovirus; Outbreak

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN VP1;

ADULT; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ASEPTIC MENINGITIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; DENMARK; ECHO VIRUS; ECHO VIRUS 30; ECHOVIRUS INFECTION; EPIDEMIC MENINGITIS; FINLAND; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THROAT CULTURE; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; UNITED KINGDOM; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS MENINGITIS; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS TYPING;

ASEPTIC MENINGITIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CSF; E30; ECHOVIRUS 30; ENTEROVIRUS; EV; OUTBREAK; PCR; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ADULT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ECHOVIRUS INFECTIONS; ENTEROVIRUS B, HUMAN; FECES; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INFANT; ITALY; MALE; MENINGITIS, ASEPTIC; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHARYNX; PHYLOGENY; RNA, VIRAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84886244932     PISSN: 13866532     EISSN: 18735967     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcv.2013.08.023     Document Type: Article

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