Journal article
Epidemic of meningitis and febrile illness in neonates caused by ECHO type 11 virus in Philadelphia
Pediatric infectious disease, v 2(5), pp 359-363
Sep 1983
PMID: 6634464
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Abstract
Between April and November, 1980, an outbreak of meningitis and of febrile illness of neonates caused by ECHO 11 virus occurred in Philadelphia and surrounding communities. Thirty-eight virologically confirmed and ten virologically presumptive cases of meningitis were hospitalized in two Philadelphia hospitals for children. Most patients had fever and irritability. Vomiting, upper respiratory symptoms and poor feeding were present in one-third to one-half of the cases. Seventy-five percent of cases occurred between June 10 and August 18. The number of males and females was similar; 71% of children were 4 months of age or younger. This out break differed from those previously reported on enteroviruses in general, and on ECHO 11 virus in particular, in that no strong male predominance occurred and the patients were younger. A minimum attack rate of 4.1 per 1000 Philadelphia resident children ages 1 day to 4 months was estimated.
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- Title
- Epidemic of meningitis and febrile illness in neonates caused by ECHO type 11 virus in Philadelphia
- Creators
- G S Bowen - United States Department of Health and Human ServicesM C Fisher - United States Department of Health and Human ServicesA DeForest - United States Department of Health and Human ServicesC M Thompson, JrB Kleger - United States Department of Health and Human ServicesH Friedman - United States Department of Health and Human Services
- Publication Details
- Pediatric infectious disease, v 2(5), pp 359-363
- Publisher
- Lippincott
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Pediatrics
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:A1983RJ21400005
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-0021055705
- Other Identifier
- 991021930428804721
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- Immunology
- Infectious Diseases
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