January 1, 1968PEDIATRICS

An Epidemic of Aseptic Meningitis, Primarily Among Infants, Caused by Echovirus 11-Prime

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Population

Patients with aseptic meningitis and other acute febrile illnesses in New Haven, Connecticut during the…

Design

Cross-sectional

Follow-up

several months

Authors

DMDavid MillerMemorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center MGMary O. GabrielsonUniversity of the Sciences KBKenneth J. BartCenters for Disease Control and Prevention

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Implication

Supports historical context for infant enteroviral meningitis; leaves open relevance of this strain to contemporary surveillance and immunity.

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Population

Patients with aseptic meningitis and other acute febrile illnesses in New Haven, Connecticut during the summer of 1965, primarily infants under 6 months and children 1-4 years old.

Outcome

Identification of the responsible viral agent and epidemiological characterization of the outbreak

Identified echovirus 11-prime as the cause of a 1965 community outbreak of aseptic meningitis in New Haven, primarily affecting infants.

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Miller et al. (1968) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a8a50d1fce154801ccbed02 https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.41.1.77

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Implication

Supports historical context for infant enteroviral meningitis; leaves open relevance of this strain to contemporary surveillance and immunity.

An Epidemic of Aseptic Meningitis, Primarily Among Infants, Caused by Echovirus 11-Prime

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An Epidemic of Aseptic Meningitis, Primarily Among Infants, Caused by Echovirus 11-Prime

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