| meningitis and a febrile vomiting illness caused by echovirus type 4, northern territory, australia. | in july 2007, a cluster of meningitis cases caused by an echovirus 4 strain was detected in 1 indigenous community in the top end of the northern territory of australia. illness was characterized by fever, vomiting, and headache. over the next 4 months, additional cases of meningitis and the fever and vomiting syndrome emerged in other indigenous communities and subsequently in the major urban center of darwin. we describe the epidemiology of 95 laboratory-confirmed meningitis cases and conclude ... | 2010 | 20031044 |