January 1, 1998Kansenshogaku zasshiOpen Access

Outbreak of Aseptic Meningitis in Iwamizawa, 1997, Caused by Echovirus 30

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Population

75 hospitalized pediatric patients with aseptic meningitis during an outbreak in Iwamizawa City, Japan…

Design

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Implication

Echovirus 30 can drive school-based pediatric meningitis outbreaks; leaves open the value of modern enteroviral surveillance.

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Population

75 hospitalized pediatric patients (average age 6 years, range 0-13 years, 42 males and 33 females) with aseptic meningitis during an outbreak in Iwamizawa City, Japan, between September and December 1997.

Outcome

Clinical characteristics, laboratory findings, and spatial/temporal distribution of the outbreak.

The 1997 outbreak of aseptic meningitis in Iwamizawa was caused by echovirus 30, primarily affecting children around 6 years of age, and spread initially through local schools and kindergartens.

Limitations

Excluded non-hospitalized patients with meningeal irritation but no pleocytosis due to lack of clinical data
Viral antibody titers were not examined for all cases as a common search was not performed

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A 1998 study studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a906e378ecb2c271c909841 https://doi.org/10.11150/kansenshogakuzasshi1970.72.747

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Outbreak of Aseptic Meningitis in Iwamizawa, 1997, Caused by Echovirus 30

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Outbreak of Aseptic Meningitis in Iwamizawa, 1997, Caused by Echovirus 30

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Implication

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Limitations

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