An echovirus 18-associated outbreak of aseptic meningitis in Taiwan: epidemiology and diagnostic and genetic aspects

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Population

Patients with viral infection in Taiwan in 2006

Design

Cross-sectional

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Discussion

Echovirus 18 V152S variant associated with aseptic meningitis outbreaks; supports targeted surveillance but leaves causal role open.

Population

Patients with viral infection in Taiwan in 2006 (3,283 specimens collected, including 173 cerebrospinal fluid samples)

Outcome

Virus isolation, identification, and genetic characterization of enterovirus strains

An outbreak of aseptic meningitis in Taiwan in 2006 was primarily driven by a genetic variant of echovirus 18.

Tsai et al. (2011) studied this question.

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