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| Gomes,Maria de Lourdes C.; Ferreira,Lauze Lee A.; Gomes,Rodrigo Henryque; Lamarão,Letícia M.; Silveira,Edna da; Rodrigues,Lílian da Silva; Silva,Cláudio Ferreira da; Almeida,Eduardo Ribeiro de. |
| Echovirus (Echo) 30 or human enterovirus B is the most frequent enterovirus associated with meningitis cases. Epidemics and outbreaks of this disease caused by Echo 30 have occurred in several countries. In Brazil, Echo 30 has been isolated from sporadic cases and outbreaks that occurred mainly in the south and southeast regions. We used RT-PCR to examine Echo 30 isolates from meningitis cases detected from March 2002 to December 2003 in Belém, state of Pará, in northern Brazil. The patients were attended in a Basic Health Unit (State Health Secretary of Pará), where cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) was collected and stored in liquid nitrogen. Weekly visits were made by technicians from Evandro Chagas Institute to the health unit and samples were stored at -70ºC... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Echovirus 30; Aseptic meningitis; RT-PCR; Belém; Brazil. |
| Ano: 2007 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702007000400006 |
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