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Studies of an epidemic of aseptic meningitis associated with coxsackie and Echo viruses

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An epidemic of aseptic meningitis was studied. Results of virus isolations and typing in two different types of tissue cultures, human embryonic lung cultures and cultures of trypsinized monkey kidney, and in baby mice indicated that the epidemic was mainly caused by ECHO virus type 6. This virus was prevalent in 57% of the cases. Coxsackie viruses were found in 13% and poliomyelitis virus type 3 in one %. In total, virus was recovered in 73%.

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  1. State Bacteriological Laboratory, the Department of Virus Research, Karolinska Institutet, School of Medicine, Stockholm

    Torsten Johnsson, Birger Jönsson, Erik Lycke & Birger Wictorin

  2. Hospital for Infectious Diseases, Eskilstuna

    Torsten Johnsson, Birger Jönsson, Erik Lycke & Birger Wictorin

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Johnsson, T., Jönsson, B., Lycke, E. et al. Studies of an epidemic of aseptic meningitis associated with coxsackie and Echo viruses. Archiv f Virusforschung 7, 384–393 (1957). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01240746

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