| a myocarditis outbreak with fatal cases associated with adenovirus subgenera c among children from havana city in 2005. | among multiple causes of acute myocarditis, viral infection, especially that due to enteroviruses and adenoviruses, is the leading cause. in the summer 2005 an outbreak of a febrile syndrome accompanied by acute cardiac decompensation occurred in infants and young children in havana city. eleven patients had a rapid evolution of disease and there were 8 fatalities from cardiac failure secondary to myocarditis. | 2008 | 18657472 |