May 6, 2003Journal of Medical VirologyOpen Access

Molecular typing and epidemiology of enteroviruses identified from an outbreak of aseptic meningitis in Belgium during the summer of 2000

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Population

122 patients with aseptic meningitis in Belgium whose cerebrospinal fluid samples contained enterovirus RNA

Design

Cross-sectional

Authors

ITInge ThoelenAZ Sint-Blasius PLPhilippe LemeyUniversité Paris-Sud IDIngrid van der DonckRega Institute for Medical Research

Discussion

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Implication

Supports targeted surveillance for echovirus 13 in meningitis outbreaks; leaves open need for longitudinal studies to confirm trends.

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Population

122 patients with aseptic meningitis in Belgium (May to September 2000) whose cerebrospinal fluid samples contained enterovirus RNA

Intervention

Molecular typing method based on RT-nested PCR and sequencing directly from CSF

Outcome

Identification and prevalence of enterovirus types

RT-nested PCR directly on clinical samples is a simple and rapid method for molecular typing of Group B enteroviruses causing aseptic meningitis, revealing echovirus 13 as an emerging epidemic type.

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Thoelen et al. (2003) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a70337b439bab0cabc30f5e https://doi.org/10.1002/jmv.10412

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Molecular typing and epidemiology of enteroviruses identified from an outbreak of aseptic meningitis in Belgium during the summer of 2000

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Molecular typing and epidemiology of enteroviruses identified from an outbreak of aseptic meningitis in Belgium during the summer of 2000

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