| outbreak of echovirus 30 meningitis in switzerland. | this study includes 80 patients (38 children and 42 adults) who contracted aseptic meningitis in the summer of 1996 in fribourg, switzerland. virological studies revealed an enteroviral infection in 65 out of 70 (93%) investigated patients. in 47 out of the 53 cases (89%) where a precise virus could be identified, the causative agent was an echovirus 30. more than 50 patients lived in an area within a 5-km radius. the patients presented with the classic symptoms and signs of aseptic meningitis. ... | 1999 | 10680981 |