Aseptic meningitis outbreak caused by echovirus 30 in two regions in Bulgaria, May-August 2012

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 142, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 2159-2165

  Mladenova, Z ^a   Buttinelli, G ^b   Dikova, A ^a   Stoyanova, A ^a   Troyancheva, M ^c   Komitova, R ^d   Stoycheva, M ^d   Pekova, L ^e   Parmakova, K ^a   Fiore, L ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER OF INFECTIOUS AND PARASITIC DISEASES   (Bulgaria)

^b ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^c Department of Infectious Diseases Surveillance Regional Health Inspectorate ^*  (Bulgaria)

^d Infectious Ward University Multi Profiled Hospital St George   (Bulgaria)

^e Neonatology Clinic Hospital for Active Treatment Prof St Kirkovich AD   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Central nervous system infections; echovirus; epidemics

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BULGARIA; CELL CULTURE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CONVALESCENCE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHO VIRUS; ECHO VIRUS 30; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEROLOGY; TREND STUDY; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS MENINGITIS; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; ASEPTIC MENINGITIS; CELL ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD;

AMINO ACID; NUCLEOTIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BULGARIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ECHOVIRUS INFECTIONS; ENTEROVIRUS B, HUMAN; HUMANS; INFANT; MENINGITIS, ASEPTIC; MIDDLE AGED; PHYLOGENY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, RNA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84906222277     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268813003221     Document Type: Article

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