Echovirus-4 meningitis outbreak imported from India.
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.
Gobbi
Federico
F
Centre for Tropical Diseases, S. Cuore Hospital, Negrar, Verona Province, Italy. fedgobbi@tin.it
Calleri
Guido
G
Spezia
Claudia
C
Lipani
Filippo
F
Balbiano
Rosanna
R
De Agostini
Maura
M
Milia
Maria Grazia
MG
Caramello
Pietro
P
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