This report identifies echovirus 16 as the cause of a large-scale aseptic meningitis epidemic in Cuba, representing the first such isolate in the country.
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Alerts clinicians to echovirus 16 in Cuban aseptic meningitis; extends sparse regional enterovirus surveillance data.
an epidemic of aseptic meningitis spread throughout Cuba, with 16,943 reported cases. Virologic studies identified echovirus 16 as the cause of this epidemic. This is the first reported isolate of echovirus 16 from patients with viral meningitis in Cuba.
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