| [epidemic of echovirus type 7 in kitakyushu city in 1986--a survey of isolation of viruses from the sewage and seroepidemiology of children]. | in 1986, under the infectious disease surveillance system in fukuoka prefecture, no isolation of echovirus type 7 from aseptic meningitis patients were reported. it was unclear that epidemics of this virus occurred in fukuoka prefecture, including kitakyushu city. we tried to isolate enteric viruses from the sewage (activated sludges) in kitakyushu city in 1986. outbreaks of isolations of echovirus type 7 started in september and continued until in december. this result suggested that echovirus ... | 1991 | 1919103 |
| outbreak of aseptic meningitis due to echo-9 in northern kyushu island in the summer of 1997. | an outbreak of aseptic meningitis caused by echovirus type 9 (echo-9) occurred between june and august 1997 in the chikugo area, fukuoka, japan. clinical manifestations and laboratory data of 317 children with aseptic meningitis were analyzed. the age of the patients ranged from 1 month to 12 years with the highest incidence in 4 years old children. the male: female ratio was 2.0:1.0. symptoms of the meningitis included fever (100%), headache (89.5%) and nausea and/or vomiting (85.6%). skin rash ... | 1999 | 10410528 |
| [an epidemic of aseptic meningitis caused by echoviruses in fukuoka prefecture during april 1997 to august 1998]. | an epidemic of aseptic meningitis in fukuoka prefecture during april 1997 to august 1998 was studied to determine the serotype of viruses isolated in fukuoka prefecture. in fukuoka prefecture, bimodal peaks were seen in july and december 1997. monthly changes of reported aseptic meningitis patients and period of virus isolation revealed that epidemics of the earlier part in 1997 was caused by echovirus 9 (e 9) and the latter part due to echovirus 30 (e 30). e 9 was isolated mainly in chikugo are ... | 1999 | 10213990 |