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Enterovirus 75 and aseptic meningitis, Spain, 2005.

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2006-10

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Avellón, Ana
Rubio, Gurutze
Palacios, Gustavo
Casas, Inmaculada
Rabella, Nuria
Reina, Gabriel
Pérez, Cármen
Lipkin, W Ian
Trallero, Gloria

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Although most human enterovirus (EV) (genus Enterovirus, family Picornaviridae) infections are asymptomatic, they can cause upper respiratory illness, febrile rash, aseptic meningitis, pleurodynia, encephalitis, acute flaccid paralysis, and neonatal sepsislike disease (1). Most EVs have been implicated in aseptic meningitis, most notably echovirus (E) 30, 9, 6, and 11 and coxsackie B virus (CBV) type 5 (2); other serotypes are less frequently associated with neurologic disease.

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Medical Subject Headings::Diseases::Virus Diseases::RNA Virus Infections::Picornaviridae Infections::Enterovirus Infections
Medical Subject Headings::Organisms::Eukaryota::Animals::Chordata::Vertebrates::Mammals::Primates::Haplorhini::Catarrhini::Hominidae::Humans
Medical Subject Headings::Diseases::Virus Diseases::Central Nervous System Viral Diseases::Meningitis, Viral::Meningitis, Aseptic
Medical Subject Headings::Phenomena and Processes::Genetic Phenomena::Phylogeny
Medical Subject Headings::Geographicals::Geographic Locations::Europe::Spain
Medical Subject Headings::Organisms::Viruses::RNA Viruses::Picornaviridae::Enterovirus

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Infecciones por Enterovirus, Humanos, Meningitis Aséptica, Filogenia, España, Enterovirus

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Avellón A, Rubio G, Palacios G, Casas I, Rabella N, Reina G, et al. Enterovirus 75 and aseptic meningitis, Spain, 2005. Emerg Infect Dis. 2006 Oct;12(10):1609-11.