title: Increase in ECHOvirus 6 infections associated with neurological symptoms in the Netherlands, June to August 2016.
abstract: The Dutch virus-typing network VIRO-TypeNed reported an increase in ECHOvirus 6 (E-6) infections with neurological symptoms in the Netherlands between June and August 2016. Of the 31 cases detected from January through August 2016, 15 presented with neurological symptoms. Ten of 15 neurological cases were detected in the same province and the identified viruses were genetically related. This report is to alert medical and public health professionals of the circulation of E-6 associated with neurological symptoms.
authors.affiliation: Center for Infectious Disease Control, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, the Netherlands.
authors.forename: Kimberley Sm
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Benschop
authors.forename: Felix
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Geeraedts
authors.forename: Barbara
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Beuvink
authors.forename: Silke A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Spit
authors.forename: Ewout B
authors.initials: EB
authors.lastname: Fanoy
authors.forename: Eric Cj
authors.initials: EC
authors.lastname: Claas
authors.forename: Suzan D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Pas
authors.forename: Rob
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Schuurman
authors.forename: Jaco J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Verweij
authors.forename: Sylvia M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Bruisten
authors.forename: Katja C
authors.initials: KC
authors.lastname: Wolthers
authors.forename: Hubert Gm
authors.initials: HG
authors.lastname: Niesters
authors.forename: Marion
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Koopmans
authors.forename: Erwin
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Duizer
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002555:Cerebrospinal Fluid / Q000821:virology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002984:Clinical Laboratory Information Systems; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D004458:Echovirus 6, Human / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D004457:Echovirus Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000821:virology; D006801:Humans; D008582:Meningitis, Aseptic / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000821:virology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009426:Netherlands / Q000453:epidemiology; D010802:Phylogeny; D011159:Population Surveillance / Q000379:methods*; D011634:Public Health; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: ECHOvirus 6; VIRO-TypeNed; automated surveillance; epidemiology; laboratory; laboratory surveillance; molecular surveillance; neurological symptoms; outbreaks; surveillance; typing; viral infections; viral meningitis