Enteroviruses in patients with acute encephalitis, uttar pradesh, India.

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 | 2009 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature