Masoumeh Talebi-Nesami

[ 1 ] - Human enteroviruses in cerebrospinal fluid of children with suspected aseptic meningitis: A study in northern Iran

Background: Enterovirus (EV) infections are one of the most common causes of aseptic meningitis in pediatrics. To diagnose EV meningitis, virus isolation in cell cultures is often time consuming and lacks sensitivity to be of clinical relevance. This makes the virus culture results difficult to interpret. The rapid detection of EVs in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) by molecular diagnostic techniques...