title: Japanese encephalitis virus in meningitis patients, Japan.
abstract: Cerebrospinal fluid specimens from 57 patients diagnosed with meningitis were tested for Japanese encephalitis virus. Total RNA was extracted from the specimens and amplified. Two products had highest homology with Nakayama strain and 2 with Ishikawa strain. Results suggest that Japanese encephalitis virus causes some aseptic meningitis in Japan.
authors.affiliation: Division of Microbiology II, Hiroshima Prefectural Institute of Health and Environment, Minami-machi 1-6-29, Minami-ku, Hiroshima 734-0007, Japan. kuwasan928@yacht.ocn.ne.jp
authors.forename: Masaru
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kuwayama
authors.forename: Mikako
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ito
authors.forename: Shinichi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Takao
authors.forename: Yukie
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Shimazu
authors.forename: Shinji
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Fukuda
authors.forename: Kazuo
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Miyazaki
authors.forename: Ichiro
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Kurane
authors.forename: Tomohiko
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Takasaki
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004664:Encephalitis Virus, Japanese / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007564:Japan / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008582:Meningitis, Aseptic / Q000821:virology*