introduction : viral meningitis is an inflammation of the leptomeninges as a manifestation of central nervous system (cns) infection, and more than 85% of viral meningitis cases are caused by non-polio enteroviruses. molecular methods such as polymerase chain reaction (pcr) are increasingly used to detect and type non-polio enteroviruses. here, we describe the impact of these viruses on aseptic...

We describe a newborn with neonatal meningitis caused by an enterovirus. The case illustrated how it may be easy to miss these viruses given the limitation of virological tests. Enteroviruses or EV are RNA viruses broadly divided into polio and non polio groups. Non-polio enteroviruses include echoviruses, coxsackie A and B viruses and a number of unclassified enteroviruses (Bennett, 2009). The...

background viral meningitis is an inflammation of the leptomeninges as a manifestation of central nervous system (cns) infection. more than 85% of viral meningitis cases are caused by non-polio enteroviruses. this is the first study on the description of the enteroviruses and the related serotypes involved in viral meningitis in iran. objectives this project was conducted to improve our knowled...

The emergence of vaccine-derived polioviruses (VDPVs) in patients with Primary Immunodeficiency (PID) is a threat to the polio-eradication program. In first its kind pilot study for successful screening and identification VDPV excretion among PID India, enteroviruses were assessed stool specimens 154 across India period two years. A total 21.42% tested positive enteroviruses, 2.59% (PV), wherea...

INTRODUCTION Global poliomyelitis eradication initiative relies on (i) laboratory based surveillance of acute flaccid surveillance (AFP) to monitor the circulation of wild poliovirus in a population, and (ii) vaccination to prevent its diffusion. However, as poliovirus can survive in the environment namely in sewage, environmental surveillance (ES) is of growing importance as the eradication ta...

INTRODUCTION Human enteroviruses are common in children causing asymptomatic infections ranging from mild to severe illnesses. In Ghana, information on the prevalence of non-polio enterovirus causing acute flaccid paralysis is available but data on surveillance of these viruses in school children is scanty. Here, the prevalence of human enteroviruses among apparently healthy children in selecte...

INTRODUCTION Surveillance of acute flaccid surveillance (AFP) has been used world-wide to monitor the control and eradication of circulating wild polioviruses. The Polio Laboratory since its accreditation in 1996 has supported the Disease Surveillance Department for AFP surveillance. This study aims to isolate and characterize human enteroviruses from patients with AFP in Ghana. METHOD Stool ...

Prolonged excretion of poliovirus can occur in immunodeficient patients who receive oral polio vaccine, which may lead to propagation of highly divergent vaccine-derived polioviruses (VDPVs), posing a concern for global polio eradication. This study aimed to estimate the proportion of primary immunodeficient children with enterovirus infection and to identify the long-term polio/nonpolio entero...

Acute flaccid paralysis (AFP) has a changing epidemiology with ongoing polio outbreaks and emerging causes such as nonpolio enteroviruses and West Nile virus (WNV). We report a case of AFP from the Horn of Africa that was initially classified as probable polio but subsequently found to be due to WNV.

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the frequency of isolation of polio and other viruses from fecal samples in subjects with acute flaccid paralysis in northern parts of India. SETTING Rural and Urban Immunization Centers used for Expanded Programme on Immunization. METHODS 219 fecal samples were collected by anal tube in 1992 from Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and Chandigarh and processed for virus...