Literature DB >> 11747705

First epidemic of echovirus 16 meningitis in Cuba.

L Sarmiento1, P Mas, A Goyenechea, R Palomera, L Morier, V Capó, I Quintana, M Santin.   

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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Year:  2001        PMID: 11747705      PMCID: PMC2631890          DOI: 10.3201/eid0705.017520

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Emerg Infect Dis        ISSN: 1080-6040            Impact factor:   6.883


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