Population
1,130 enterovirus-infected patients in Taiwan during a 2001 outbreak, including 188 with echovirus 30…
Design
Cross-sectional
Authors
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May warrant molecular over immunofluorescence testing in enterovirus outbreaks; leaves open variant-specific clinical or epidemiological impact.
The 2001 aseptic meningitis outbreak in Taiwan was caused by a new variant strain of echovirus 30, which required specific molecular techniques for accurate identification due to the inadequacy of standard immunofluorescence reagents.
Wang et al. (2002) studied this question.
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