Echovirus type 19 outbreak in Northern Ireland during 1974-75.
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DURING 1974-75 there was an outbreak of meningitis associated with echovirus type 19 in Northern Ireland, which was the fourth major enterovirus outbreak during the past seven years. The other outbreaks were associated with echovirus type 6 during 1968 (Connolly and O'Neill, 1970), coxsackie A9 virus during 1970 (Connolly and O'Neill, 1971) and echovirus type 4 during 1970-71 (Connolly and O'Neill, 1972).
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- The Ulster Medical Journal
دوره 46 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1977