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First epidemic of echovirus 16 meningitis in Cuba

Sarmiento, L LU ; Mas, P ; Goyenechea, A ; Palomera, R ; Morier, L ; Capó, V ; Quintana, I and Santin, M (2001) In Emerging Infectious Diseases 7(5). p.887-889
Abstract

From April to September 2000, an epidemic of aseptic meningitis spread throughout Cuba, with 16,943 reported cases. Virologic studies identified echovirus 16 as the cause of this epidemic. This is the first reported isolate of echovirus 16 from patients with viral meningitis in Cuba.

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Adolescent, Adult, Age Distribution, Cerebrospinal Fluid/virology, Child, Child, Preschool, Cuba/epidemiology, Disease Outbreaks, Echovirus Infections/diagnosis, Enterovirus B, Human/classification, Feces/virology, Humans, Incidence, Infant, Meningitis, Aseptic/diagnosis, Meningitis, Viral/diagnosis, Middle Aged, RNA, Viral/analysis, Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
in
Emerging Infectious Diseases
volume
7
issue
5
pages
887 - 889
publisher
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
external identifiers
  • pmid:11747705
  • scopus:0035205211
ISSN
1080-6040
DOI
10.3201/eid0705.017520
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English
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  keywords     = {{Adolescent; Adult; Age Distribution; Cerebrospinal Fluid/virology; Child; Child, Preschool; Cuba/epidemiology; Disease Outbreaks; Echovirus Infections/diagnosis; Enterovirus B, Human/classification; Feces/virology; Humans; Incidence; Infant; Meningitis, Aseptic/diagnosis; Meningitis, Viral/diagnosis; Middle Aged; RNA, Viral/analysis; Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  month        = {{12}},
  number       = {{5}},
  pages        = {{887--889}},
  publisher    = {{Centers for Disease Control and Prevention}},
  series       = {{Emerging Infectious Diseases}},
  title        = {{First epidemic of echovirus 16 meningitis in Cuba}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid0705.017520}},
  doi          = {{10.3201/eid0705.017520}},
  volume       = {{7}},
  year         = {{2001}},
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