February 15, 2012Virology JournalOpen Access

Epidemics of viral meningitis caused by echovirus 6 and 30 in Korea in 2008

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Population

758 patients with aseptic meningitis-related clinical manifestations collected during nationwide…

Design

Cross-sectional

Authors

HKHye-Jin KimUniversity of Ulsan BKByounghak KangKorea Disease Control and Prevention Agency SHSeoyeon HwangKorea University

Discussion

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Implication

Alerts clinicians to common strains in pediatric outbreaks; leaves open need for updated surveillance and prospective validation.

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Population

758 patients with aseptic meningitis-related clinical manifestations collected during nationwide surveillance in Korea in 2008, of which 98% were children < 15 years of age.

Outcome

Detection and genotypic characterization of enteroviruses (EVs)

Echovirus 30 and 6 were the predominant enteroviruses responsible for the 2008 aseptic meningitis outbreak in South Korea, primarily affecting children.

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Kim et al. (2012) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a83e3bcd65172829ee668b8 https://doi.org/10.1186/1743-422x-9-38

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Epidemics of viral meningitis caused by echovirus 6 and 30 in Korea in 2008

Discussion

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Implication

Structured PICO

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Epidemics of viral meningitis caused by echovirus 6 and 30 in Korea in 2008

Discussion

Member takes

Implication

Structured PICO

Cite This Study

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