Echovirus 30, Jiangsu Province, China.
An outbreak of aseptic meningitis occurred in the northern area of Jiangsu Province in China from January to July in 2003. A total of 1,681 cases were involved in this outbreak, and 99% of patients were <15 years of age. To identify the etiologic agent, 66 cerebrospinal fluid specimens were tested by cell culture. Eighteen showed an enteroviruslike cytopathic effect on MRC-5 human fetal diploid lung cells. An enterovirus primer-mediated reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction, a standard neutralization assay, and sequencing of the complete capsid-encoding (VP1) gene identified the 18 isolates (FDJS03) as echovirus 30. At least a 10% difference was seen in nucleotide sequences of VP1 between FDJS03 isolates and other global strains of echovirus 30. Phylogenetic analysis based on complete sequences of VP1 was performed to further characterize the FDJS03 isolates. This report is the first to identify a distinct lineage of echovirus 30 as a probable cause of this outbreak.
Zhao
Yan Na
YN
Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
Jiang
Qing Wu
QW
Jiang
Ren Jie
RJ
Chen
Liang
L
Perlin
David S
DS
D001483:Base Sequence; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D004279:DNA, Viral; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D004457:Echovirus Infections / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000821:virology*; D029822:Enterovirus B, Human / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006801:Humans; D008582:Meningitis, Aseptic / Q000821:virology*; D010802:Phylogeny; D012367:RNA, Viral
D004279:DNA, Viral; D012367:RNA, Viral