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Meningitis
Studies conducted at E.M. Begier et al on meningitis recently published
September 16th, 2008
"Enteroviruses are shed in human stool and can cause a wide spectrum of illness. They are the leading cause of aseptic meningitis," scientists writing in the journal Clinical Infectious Diseases report. "In 2004, the Connecticut Department of Public Health investigated a meningitis cluster among persons returning from a school-organized trip to Mexico. Among 29 travelers (25 teenagers and 4 adult chaperones), 21 became acutely ill. Viral culture and nucleic acid amplification testing of stool (n = 27) and cerebrospinal fluid (n = 4) specimens identified enteroviral infection in 20 of 28 travelers from whom any specimen was obtained; 4 had echovirus 30 only, 11...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2008-09-16)
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