An Epidemic of Illness Due to Coxsackie Virus Group B, Type 2
| Autor: | E R Alexander, W C Felsenstein, E Sabotta, V Ashby, M E Wymer, E A Ager |
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| Rok vydání: | 1964 |
| Předmět: |
Washington
myalgia Pediatrics medicine.medical_specialty education.field_of_study Epidemiology business.industry Population Coxsackievirus Infections General Medicine medicine.disease Asymptomatic Surgery Blood serum medicine Sore throat Orchitis medicine.symptom Headaches Epidemics business education Meningitis |
| Zdroj: | JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association. 187:251-256 |
| ISSN: | 1538-3598 0098-7484 |
| DOI: | 10.1001/jama.1964.03060170005001 |
| Popis: | Clinical and epidemiological features of 142 cases of Coxsackie B 2 disease were studied during an epidemic in and near Lind, Wash, in 1961. Prevalent symptoms included fever, headache, myalgia, dizziness, sore throat, nausea, and vomiting. Pleurodynia was present in 22 cases. Orchitis occurred in seven patients and epididymitis in three patients. Coxsackie B 2 virus was recovered from fecal specimens in 47 of 95 patients and from four of 34 asymptomatic household contacts. The epidemic lasted three months and ultimately produced illness in 12.7% of the population studied. Attack rates were highest in children and among family contacts of cases. |
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