Publications

increased incidence of insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus following an epidemic of coxsackievirus b5.	in order to address the hypothesis that coxsackievirus b5 is a cause of insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (iddm), the incidence of iddm was examined following an epidemic of coxsackievirus b5 in jefferson county, alabama. incidence estimates were obtained from a registry of iddm which was maintained in the county since 1979. a total of 266 cases were diagnosed (69 black and 197 white individuals less than 20 years of age) between 1979 and 1988. significant increases in incidence were observed ...	1991	1852097
coxsackievirus b2 infection and aseptic meningitis: a focal outbreak among members of a high school football team.	in an investigation of a school outbreak of enterovirus-like illness and aseptic meningitis, an igm antibody assay was used to identify persons with evidence of recent coxsackie virus b2 infection. during september and october 1989, 81 (25%) of 319 students and staff reported an enterovirus-like illness; of these, 17 (21%) also had aseptic meningitis. attack rates for enterovirus-like illness were highest among varsity football team members (53%), and most of this illness occurred between 6 and ...	1993	8387565