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An epidemic associated with echovirus type 18

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 May 2009

Margery L. Kennett ,
Anne W. Ellis ,
F. A. Lewis  and
I. D. Gust
Margery L. Kennett
Affiliation:
Virus Laboratory, Fairfield Hospital for Communicable Diseases, Yarra Bend Road, Fairfield, Victoria 3078, Australia
Anne W. Ellis
Affiliation:
Virus Laboratory, Fairfield Hospital for Communicable Diseases, Yarra Bend Road, Fairfield, Victoria 3078, Australia
F. A. Lewis
Affiliation:
Virus Laboratory, Fairfield Hospital for Communicable Diseases, Yarra Bend Road, Fairfield, Victoria 3078, Australia
I. D. Gust
Affiliation:
Virus Laboratory, Fairfield Hospital for Communicable Diseases, Yarra Bend Road, Fairfield, Victoria 3078, Australia
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During the period October 1968 to March 1969 echovirus type 18 was isolated from 83 patients investigated at Fairfield Hospital for Communicable Diseases, Melbourne. The illnesses most commonly associated with these isolations were aseptic meningitis, and fever with rash.

We believe that this is the first report of an epidemic due to echovirus type 18 and the first occasion on which this virus has been shown to produce disease in adults.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Hygiene , Volume 70 , Issue 2 , June 1972 , pp. 325 - 334
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1972

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