Euro Surveill. Ongoing outbreak of aseptic meningitis in south-eastern Latvia, June ? August 2010

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Ongoing outbreak of aseptic meningitis in south-eastern Latvia, June ? August 2010 (Euro Surveill., abstract, edited)

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Eurosurveillance, Volume 15, Issue 32, 12 August 2010
Rapid communications

Ongoing outbreak of aseptic meningitis in south-eastern Latvia, June ? August 2010
J Perevoscikovs ()¹, A Brila¹, L Firstova¹, T Komarova¹, I Lucenko¹, J Osmjana¹, L Savrasova¹, I Singarjova¹, J Storozenko¹, N Voloscuka¹, N Zamjatina¹

1. State Agency Infectology Center of Latvia, Riga, Latvia

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Citation style for this article: Perevoscikovs J, Brila A, Firstova L, Komarova T, Lucenko I, Osmjana J, Savrasova L, Singarjova I, Storozenko J, Voloscuka N, Zamjatina N. Ongoing outbreak of aseptic meningitis in south-eastern Latvia, June ? August 2010. Euro Surveill. 2010;15(32)ii=19639. Available online: http://www.eurosurveillance.org/ViewArticle.aspx?ArticleId=19639
Date of submission: 10 August 2010
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An outbreak of aseptic meningitis has been ongoing in several areas of Latgale region, in the south-eastern part of Latvia since the end of June 2010. By 9 August 2010, 114 cases had been notified. Most of the cases were registered in the city and amalgamated municipality of Daugavpils and neighbouring territories. According to current evidence, two types of enteroviruses, coxsackie A-9 virus and echovirus 30, are the causative agents of the outbreak.
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