Investigations of Enteroviruses in the Aetiology of Aseptic Meningitis, Poliomyelitis, Encephalitis and Other Syndromes in Queensland, 1958 to 1962

In an investigation of a school outbreak of enterovirus-like illness and aseptic meningitis, an IgM antibody assay was used to identify persons with evidence of recent coxsackie virus B2 infection. During September and October 1989, 81 (25%) of 319 students and staff reported an enterovirus-like illness; of these, 17 (21%) also had aseptic meningitis. Attack rates for enterovirus-like illness were highest among varsity football team members (53%), and most of this illness occurred between 6 and 15 October. Coxsackie virus B2 was isolated from 2 varsity football players. IgM antibody studies confirmed that coxsackie virus B2 was the cause of the outbreak in the varsity football team and suggested it was not responsible for much of the disease in other students and staff: 63% of football team members were seropositive compared with 12% for other students in grades 6-12. This report illustrates the value of an IgM antibody assay in the investigation of enterovirus outbreaks to distinguish infection from illness.

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Coxsackievirus B2 Infection and Aseptic Meningitis: A Focal Outbreak among Members of a High School Football Team

Alexander¹,

Chapman²,

Pallansch³

et al. 1993

Journal of Infectious Diseases

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Virus Infections Simulating Acute Surgical Abdominal Emergencies in Pregnancy

Lee¹,

Allan²

1974

Aust NZ J Obst Gynaeco

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Summary: Case histories are presented of 13 women admitted to hospital with acute abdominal pain occurring between the twelfth and thirty‐eighth weeks of pregnancy. In the 8 patients in whom laparotomy was performed a mild peritonitis, without obvious cause, was found; virus was cultured from each of these patients — from peritoneal fluid in 3 and from the faeces in 10. The antigenically related echoviruses types 1 and 8 were prominent amongst the strains isolated. Controls, pregnant women without acute abdominal pain, though not well matched in time, showed a very much lower incidence of viral infection. it is suggested that these 13 cases are examples of mild peritonitis in pregnancy caused by viral infection.

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Coxsackieviruses in Normal Children

Cook¹,

Allan²,

Welham³

1969

Medical Journal of Australia

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Investigations of Enteroviruses in the Aetiology of Aseptic Meningitis, Poliomyelitis, Encephalitis and Other Syndromes in Queensland, 1958 to 1962

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Coxsackievirus B2 Infection and Aseptic Meningitis: A Focal Outbreak among Members of a High School Football Team

Coxsackievirus B2 Infection and Aseptic Meningitis: A Focal Outbreak among Members of a High School Football Team

Virus Infections Simulating Acute Surgical Abdominal Emergencies in Pregnancy

Coxsackieviruses in Normal Children

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