| epidemic coxsackie b virus infection in johannesburg, south africa. | a particularly extensive epidemic of coxsackie b3 virus infection occurred in johannesburg in the spring and summer of 1984. a total of 142 positive cases were diagnosed by isolation of the virus from stools and other specimens (60) or by serology (82). coxsackie b3 accounted for 87% of the isolations and was also the dominant serotype on serology. the outbreak involved predominantly children and young adults, with no apparent sex differences being noted. the majority of specimens came from the ... | 1985 | 2999227 |