Mumps meningoencephalitis: an epidemiological approach

Mumps meningoencephalitis. An epidemiological approach.

The aim of this study was to analyse distribution of meningoencephalitis caused by mumps virus in children related to sex, age and seasonal influences. Thirty seven children were evaluated, ages ranging from 2 to 14 years. They were seen at Emergency Unit of Faculdade de Medicina do Triângulo Mineiro and at Hospital da Criança, in Uberaba-MG, Brazil, from March 1st 1991 to February 1st 1993 and...

An outbreak of mumps meningoencephalitis in Sangli district.

The epidemiology of mumps in India and the magnitude of the problem are not fully appreciated(2). Outbreaks occur at interval of 5-10yrs(2). Mumps continue to occur in epidemic proportions despite the availability of an effective vaccine. Finland became the first documented country to be free of indigenous mumps and rubella with the use of national 2 dose trivalent MMR vaccination program, free...

No vaccine-no protection: mumps meningoencephalitis and hydrocephalus in an unvaccinated adult.

Pearls & Oy-sters: chronic mumps meningoencephalitis with low CSF glucose and acute hydrocephalus in an adult.

Chronic lymphocytic meningoencephalitis with low glucose and increased adenosine deaminase (ADA) levels in the CSF together with hydrocephalus represents a diagnostic challenge of varied etiology and only seldom is due to a viral (mumps) infection.

AN EPIDEMIOLOGICAL APPROACH TO THE ZOOPHILIC DERMATOPHYTOSES IN IRAN

Dematophytosis in domestic animals constitutes a constant source of infection for persons in contact with them. To have an epidemiological picture of zoophilic dermatophyte infections in Iran, a study has been carried out during a period of three years (1986-1989) in an attempt to find the causative dermatophytes which infect cats and cattle and also infected human subjects in contact with ...