title: Echovirus-4 meningitis outbreak imported from India.
abstract: We describe seven cases of meningitis in a group of young Italian travelers coming back from India. Virologic studies identified echovirus-4 as the cause of this cluster of cases, the first imported echovirus outbreak in Italy. Enteroviruses may play an important role in undiagnosed fevers in travelers.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Tropical Diseases, S. Cuore Hospital, Negrar, Verona Province, Italy. fedgobbi@tin.it
authors.forename: Federico
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Gobbi
authors.forename: Guido
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Calleri
authors.forename: Claudia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Spezia
authors.forename: Filippo
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Lipani
authors.forename: Rosanna
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Balbiano
authors.forename: Maura
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: De Agostini
authors.forename: Maria Grazia
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Milia
authors.forename: Pietro
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Caramello
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D029822:Enterovirus B, Human / Q000302:isolation & purification; D004769:Enterovirus Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000635:transmission; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D007558:Italy / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008587:Meningitis, Viral / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000635:transmission / Q000821:virology*; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D014195:Travel; D055815:Young Adult