Description of a widespread outbreak of aseptic meningitis due to echovirus 30 in Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil

Description of a widespread outbreak of aseptic meningitis due to echovirus 30 in Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil

Echovirus 30 belongs to the genus Enterovirus and is widely associated with aseptic meningitis (AM) outbreaks. In Brazil epidemics due to this serotype were reported in several states but in Rio de Janeiro, before this study, it was only involved in sporadic episodes. We retrospectively collected da...

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Main Authors: Vitor Laerte Pinto Junior, Maria Cristina Rebelo, Eliane Veiga da Costa, Edson Elias da Silva, Márcio Neves Bóia
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier
Series:Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Aseptic meningitis
enterovirus
echoviruses
cerebrospinal fluid
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702009000500011&lng=en&tlng=en

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