Viral Myocarditis

Outbreak Of Suspected Coxsackievirus B In Sarawak, Malaysia.

Published in TB and Outbreaks Week, June 30th, 1997

Significantly high levels of specific neutralizing antibodies of Coxsackievirus B infection have been detected in four patients who died of viral myocarditis in Sibu, Malaysia.

Similarly high titer of antibodies against Coxsackievirus B were detected in three patients with hand, foot, and mouth disease in Sibu.

Yb Dato' Chua Jui Meng, Minister Of Health Malaysia, released a statement on June 9, 1997, reporting what The Institute for Medical Research [IMR] and the World Health Organization National Center of Enterovirus Infections, has found thus far regarding the recent outbreak. Director of IMR, Dr. Mak Joon Wah, and Dr. S. Mangalam, the clinical...

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