| echovirus 30 associated with cases of aseptic meningitis in state of pará, northern brazil. | investigation of the aetiology of viral meningitis in brazil is most often restricted to cases that occur in the southern and southeastern regions; therefore, the purpose of this study is to describe the viral meningitis cases that occurred in state of pará, northern brazil, from january 2005-december 2006. the detection of enterovirus (ev) in cerebrospinal fluid was performed using cell culture techniques, rt-pcr, nested pcr and nucleotide sequencing. the ages of the 91 patients ranged from < o ... | 2009 | 19547870 |
| rt-pcr for confirmation of echovirus 30 isolated in belém, brazil. | echovirus (echo) 30 or human enterovirus b is the most frequent enterovirus associated with meningitis cases. epidemics and outbreaks of this disease caused by echo 30 have occurred in several countries. in brazil, echo 30 has been isolated from sporadic cases and outbreaks that occurred mainly in the south and southeast regions. we used rt-pcr to examine echo 30 isolates from meningitis cases detected from march 2002 to december 2003 in belém, state of pará, in northern brazil. the patients wer ... | 2007 | 17873993 |
| neutralizing antibodies to enterovirus 71 in belém, brazil. | non-polio enteroviruses (coxsackievirus a, coxsackievirus b, echovirus and ev 68-72) which belong to the enterovirus (ev) genus, picornaviridae family, may be responsible for acute flaccid paralysis, aseptic meningitis, myocarditis, hepatitis, pleurodinia, neonatal sepsis, hand, foot and mouth disease (hfmd) even though 50-80% of infections are asymptomatic. ev 71 has been responsible for outbreaks and epidemics of hfmd and acute neurologic disease justifying its study in our country. the aim of ... | 2002 | 11992146 |
| enteroviruses as a possible cause of myocarditis, pericarditis and dilated cardiomyopathy in belém, brazil. | we attempted to assess the role of enteroviruses in the etiology of myocarditis (mc), pericarditis (pc) and dilated cardiomyopathy (dcm) among 15 in-patients at a public hospital in belém, brazil, from november 1992 to december 1993. we obtained stool specimens and throat swabs from each patient (particularly acute cases) and, when possible, acute and convalescent serum samples for both isolation and serological procedures. mc, pc and dcm occurred in 10, 2 and 3 patients, respectively, mostly in ... | 1995 | 8555988 |