Japanese encephalitis virus in meningitis patients, Japan.
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.
Kuwayama
Masaru
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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
Ito
Mikako
M
Takao
Shinichi
S
Shimazu
Yukie
Y
Fukuda
Shinji
S
Miyazaki
Kazuo
K
Kurane
Ichiro
I
Takasaki
Tomohiko
T
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*