Echovirus type 13 meningitis: admissions to a paediatric ward at a Lisbon hospital.

Authors

  • Paula Correia Serviço de Pediatria. Hospital Fernando Fonseca, Amadora.
  • M João Brito
  • Helena R Andrade
  • Conceição Neves
  • Gonçalo N Cordeiro Ferreira
  • Elsa Reis Vasco
  • Maria Céu Machado

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.20344/amp.1096

Abstract

Infections by echovirus 13 are rare. In our country, it had not been previously reported any infection of this sort until 2000, when eleven echovirus 13 meningitis were observed in the Department of Pediatrics of the Hospital Fernando Fonseca. In England and Spain outbreaks of echovirus 13 meningitis during 2000 was also reported. Based on these facts the authors make an epidemiological analyses of their series.

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Correia P, Brito MJ, Andrade HR, Neves C, Cordeiro Ferreira GN, Reis Vasco E, Machado MC. Echovirus type 13 meningitis: admissions to a paediatric ward at a Lisbon hospital. Acta Med Port [Internet]. 2004 Aug. 31 [cited 2024 Apr. 18];17(4):299-302. Available from: https://actamedicaportuguesa.com/revista/index.php/amp/article/view/1096

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