Key result
Aseptic meningitis outbreak reaches an incidence of ~78 per 100,000, predominantly affecting young boys.
Why the study?
An increase in aseptic meningitis cases of enteroviral aetiology, including the E30 virus, was occasionally observed in various European countries, motivating investigation of the 2014 outbreak in Podlaskie Voivodeship.
Observational (n=640)
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Highlights a significant outbreak of aseptic meningitis, largely of enteroviral etiology, in Podlaskie Voivodeship in 2014.
Enteroviruses cause common infections with various clinical course and forms, such as hand-foot-and-mouth disease (Boston exanthem disease), herpangina, myocarditis and pericarditis, widespread myositis (epidemic pleurodynia, Bornholm disease), or aseptic inflammation of the nervous system, among children and adolescents. An increase in aseptic meningitis cases of enteroviral aetiology, including the E30 virus, was occasionally observed in various European countries. In 2014, an outbreak of aseptic meningitis was reported in Podlaskie Voivodeship. A total of 640 cases were reported between June 1 and November 30, 2014, of which 228 had confirmed enteroviral aetiology. Summer and autumn seasons favour the incidence of viral infections of the central nervous system. Symptomatic infections are more common in males than females. Infections with enterovirus show the tendency to form endemic regions.
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Orzechowska et al. (2016) conducted an observational in Aseptic meningitis (n=640). Aseptic meningitis outbreak (Enterovirus infection) was evaluated on Incidence of aseptic meningitis. An outbreak of aseptic meningitis in the Podlaskie Voivodeship in 2014 resulted in 640 reported cases (incidence rate of 78 per 100,000), predominantly affecting males and children aged 5-9 years.
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