| outbreak of severe neurologic involvement associated with enterovirus 71 infection. | enterovirus 71 has been associated with several outbreaks, as well as sporadic cases, of central nervous system infection and has a worldwide distribution. seven children with encephalitis and five with aseptic meningitis caused by enterovirus 71 were seen at otsu municipal hospital during the summer of 1997. the infections were confirmed serologically, although detection of the viral genome in cerebrospinal fluid was unsuccessful. seven children were diagnosed as having hand-foot-and-mouth synd ... | 1999 | 10029254 |