| 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 |
| [acute hemorrhagic conjunctivitis caused by a variant of coxsackievirus a24, in belém, pará, brazil, 1987]. | an epidemic of acute haemorrhagic conjunctivitis in belém, pará, brazil, was investigated. from 83 patients, 73 samples of virus was isolated in cultures of hep-2 cells from conjunctival swab and throat swab. the virus isolates were identified in centers for disease control, atlanta, georgia, usa, as an antigenic variant of coxsackievirus a24. neutralization test was done on 56 paired serum samples, using entero virus type 70 (ev70) and virus isolates. serological conversions for virus isolates ... | 1989 | 2559469 |