Epidemic outbreak of Coxsackie virus meningitis. Note I. Clinico-epidemiological features.
An epidemic outbreak of viral meningitis mainly caused by Coxsackie B3 virus is described. Characteristic of the outbreak was the involvment of a large number of infants under 1 year of age (about 1/4 of the total number of cases) and the elevated incidence of encephalitis symptoms, as compared with the meningitis outbreak caused by echovirus 4 in 1973.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003384:Coxsackievirus Infections / Q000453:epidemiology*; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008587:Meningitis, Viral / Q000453:epidemiology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D012383:Romania