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AN OUTBREAK AMONG CHILDREN OF ASEPTIC MENINGITIS CAUSED BY ECHOVIRUS TYPE 9 A Clinical and Serological Study
Author(s) -
Moshkowitz Abraham,
Grinfeld Andre,
Abrahamov Abraham,
Nishmi Moshe
Publication year - 1968
Publication title -
acta pædiatrica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1651-2227
pISSN - 0803-5253
DOI - 10.1111/j.1651-2227.1968.tb07310.x
Subject(s) - medicine , aseptic meningitis , outbreak , echovirus , serology , meningitis , pleocytosis , pediatrics , enterovirus , surgery , virology , virus , immunology , antibody
Summary An outbreak of aseptic meningitis broke out in a limited residential area of Jerusalem, Israel, in the early summer of 1967. The patients, whose ages varied from 15 months to 10 years, presented a clinical picture of acute meningitis. Nuchal rigidity, positive Kernig's and Brudzinski's signs and high temperature were noted in all cases. Examination of the CSF revealed pleocytosis, mostly of mononuclear cells. Echovirus 9 was isolated from the CSF of 5 patients and from a throat swab and rectal swab taken from the sixth patient. The outbreak lasted for 5 weeks, and all the patients recovered completely.