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Molecular characterization of an outbreak of enterovirus-associated meningitis in Mossel Bay, South Africa, December 2015–January 2016

BACKGROUND: Human enteroviruses (HEVs) are common causal agents of aseptic meningitis in young children. Laboratory and syndromic surveillance during December 2015 and January 2016 noted an unusually high number of paediatric aseptic meningitis cases at a hospital in Mossel Bay, Western Cape Provinc...

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Autores principales: Smuts, Heidi, Cronje, Sarah, Thomas, Juno, Brink, Delene, Korsman, Stephen, Hardie, Diana
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6311073/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30594238
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-018-3641-4