title: A mixed epidemic associated with echovirus types 6 and 11: virologic, clinical and epidemiologic studies.
abstract: During 1979, an outbreak of mixed enterovirus infections occurred in Kansas City and adjacent communities. Sixty-six enteroviruses and 7 adenoviruses were recovered from 73 persons in a survey hospital population. Twenty-eight persons yielded echovirus type 11, 22, echovirus type 6, and 16 either echovirus type 9 or Coxsackieviruses group B, types 2 and 3. This study describes some of the clinical, virologic and epidemiologic characteristics of the outbreak. A major finding relates to the recovery of enteroviruses from cerebrospinal fluids with essentially normal leukocyte counts.
mesh_terms: D000258:Adenovirus Infections, Human / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid / Q000453:epidemiology; D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003384:Coxsackievirus Infections / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000453:epidemiology*; D004458:Echovirus 6, Human / Q000302:isolation & purification; D004457:Echovirus Infections / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D004770:Enterovirus / Q000302:isolation & purification; D029822:Enterovirus B, Human / Q000302:isolation & purification; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D008923:Missouri