Enteroviruses in patients with acute encephalitis, uttar pradesh, India.
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ABSTRACT: An outbreak of viral encephalitis occurred in northern India in 2006. Attempts to identify an etiologic agent in cerebrospinal fluid by using reverse transcription-PCR showed positivity to enterovirus (EV) in 66 (21.6%) of 306 patients. Sequencing and phylogenetic analyses of PCR products from 59 (89.3%) of 66 specimens showed similarity with EV-89 and EV-76 sequences.
SUBMITTER: Sapkal GN
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2657625 | biostudies-literature |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
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