Echovirus-4 Meningitis Outbreak Imported from India

We describe seven cases of meningitis in a group of young Italian travelers coming back from India. Virologic studies identified echovirus-4 as the cause of this cluster of cases, the first imported echovirus outbreak in Italy. Enteroviruses may play an important role in undiagnosed fevers in travel...

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Published in:Journal of travel medicine 2010, Vol.17 (1), p.66-68
Main Authors: GOBBI, Federico, CALLERI, Guido, SPEZIA, Claudia, LIPANI, Filippo, BALBIANO, Rosanna, DE AGOSTINI, Maura, GRAZIA MILIA, Maria, CARAMELLO, Pietro
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Biological and medical sciences
Disease Outbreaks
Echovirus
Enterovirus B, Human - isolation & purification
Enterovirus Infections - diagnosis
Enterovirus Infections - epidemiology
Enterovirus Infections - transmission
Female
Fever
General aspects
Human viral diseases
Humans
India
Infectious diseases
Italy - epidemiology
Male
Medical sciences
Meningitis
Meningitis, Viral - diagnosis
Meningitis, Viral - epidemiology
Meningitis, Viral - transmission
Meningitis, Viral - virology
Polymerase Chain Reaction
Travel
Viral diseases
Viral diseases of the nervous system
Young Adult
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Summary:We describe seven cases of meningitis in a group of young Italian travelers coming back from India. Virologic studies identified echovirus-4 as the cause of this cluster of cases, the first imported echovirus outbreak in Italy. Enteroviruses may play an important role in undiagnosed fevers in travelers.
ISSN:1195-1982
1708-8305
DOI:10.1111/j.1708-8305.2009.00375.x