AN OUTBREAK OF MENINGITIS ASSOCIATED WITH E.C.H.O. VIRUS TYPE 9.
This paper describes an outbreak of aseptic meningitis associated with E.C.H.O virus type 9 among members of the Royal Air Force and their families stationed in western Germany in 1961. There was a total of 44 cases. Epistaxis occurred in eight cases and in 16 there was a rash. Virus was isolated from faeces in 11 of 24 cases examined and from cerebrospinal fluid in three out of six.
D001772:Blood Cell Count; D002555:Cerebrospinal Fluid; D002648:Child; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D029822:Enterovirus B, Human; D004813:Epidemiology; D004844:Epistaxis; D005243:Feces; D005858:Germany; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008581:Meningitis; D008587:Meningitis, Viral; D013223:Statistics as Topic
BLOOD CELL COUNT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHILD; ECHO VIRUSES; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EPISTAXIS; FECES; GERMANY; INFANT; MENINGITIS, VIRAL; STATISTICS