Population
455 cases of aseptic meningitis, predominantly children aged 0-12 years, in Bahrain.
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Indicates acquired immunity by age 13; leaves open whether polio immunization campaigns trigger enteroviral meningitis outbreaks in children.
The study documents two successive epidemics of aseptic meningitis caused by echovirus 30 and echovirus 4 following national polio immunization days in Bahrain, predominantly affecting children aged 0-12 years.
Khalfan et al. (1998) studied this question.
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