Outbreak of aseptic meningitis caused by echovirus 30 in Kushiro, Japan in 2017

• Published in: Journal of Clinical Virology Vol. 116; pp. 34 - 38
• Main Authors: Maruo, Yuji, Nakanishi, Masanori, Suzuki, Yasuto, Kaneshi, Yosuke, Terashita, Yukayo, Narugami, Masashi, Takahashi, Michi, Kato, Sho, Suzuki, Ryota, Goto, Akiko, Miyoshi, Masahiro, Nagano, Hideki, Sugisawa, Takahisa, Okano, Motohiko
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier B.V 01.07.2019; Elsevier BV
• Subjects: Adolescent; Antibodies, Neutralizing; Aseptic meningitis; Cerebrospinal Fluid; Child; Child, Preschool; Children; Disease Outbreaks; Echovirus 30; Echovirus Infections; Enterovirus; Enterovirus B, Human; Female; Genotype; Hospitals, Pediatric; Humans; Infant; Japan; Male; Meningitis, Aseptic; Outbreak; Phylogeny; RNA, Viral; Viral Proteins; CRP; Aseptic meningitis; E30; NT; IgG; Enterovirus; KRCH; EV; NA; CODEHOP; Outbreak; RT-PCR; CSF; VP; Children; Echovirus 30

•There was an outbreak of aseptic meningitis caused by E30 in Kushiro, Japan.•A neutrophil predominance was shown in CSF samples in many patients.•Phylogenetic analysis showed the same cluster.•Genotype of E30 was more closely related to strains in Europe than those in Japan.•Standard precautions ar...