| an outbreak of echovirus 13 meningitis in central israel. | until recently, echovirus 13 has been a very rare cause of aseptic meningitis. we investigated an outbreak of echovirus 13 in central israel during the summer of 2000 using a prospective case control study and a retrospective study. echovirus 13 was isolated from 79 cerebrospinal fluid (csf) specimens from different medical centres in central israel. patients' ages ranged from 10 days to 41 years (95% < 15 years, m/f ratio 62/38). a total of 128 patients with clinical aseptic meningitis were adm ... | 2003 | 12729194 |