Echovirus-4 meningitis outbreak imported from India

J Travel Med. 2010 Jan-Feb;17(1):66-8. doi: 10.1111/j.1708-8305.2009.00375.x.

Abstract

We describe seven cases of meningitis in a group of young Italian travelers coming back from India. Virologic studies identified echovirus-4 as the cause of this cluster of cases, the first imported echovirus outbreak in Italy. Enteroviruses may play an important role in undiagnosed fevers in travelers.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Disease Outbreaks
  • Enterovirus B, Human / isolation & purification
  • Enterovirus Infections / diagnosis*
  • Enterovirus Infections / epidemiology*
  • Enterovirus Infections / transmission
  • Female
  • Humans
  • India
  • Italy / epidemiology
  • Male
  • Meningitis, Viral / diagnosis
  • Meningitis, Viral / epidemiology*
  • Meningitis, Viral / transmission
  • Meningitis, Viral / virology*
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • Travel*
  • Young Adult