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B PORTNOY

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PubMed1965

ASEPTIC MENINGITIS ASSOCIATED WITH ECHO VIRUS TYPE 9 INFECTION. WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO VARIABILITY BY SEX AND INCIDENCE OF PARALYTIC SEQUELAE.

The clinical and clinical laboratory findings in a group of 104 patients with aseptic meningitis associated with ECHO-9 infection were widely variable.A male to female case ratio of 3.7:1 was noted, and the mean age of the female group was significantly greater than that of the male group. The median of cerebrospinal fluid leukocyte counts was significantly higher in the male than in the female patients. Clinical manifestations of the disease were similar to those noted in other reports. Residual paralysis was rare and mild. Further study of the ecology of aseptic meningitis seems indicated for elucidation of the factors governing variability of the disease by sex.

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PubMed1965

PEDIATRIC VIROLOGY.

Pediatric virology is not an isolàted discipline. Rather, the syndromes associated with viral infection are modified by the unique characteristics of infancy and childhood. Fortunately for the pediatrician, and certainly for children, viral infections in childhood are rarely fatal, and are almost never serious. Future efforts of the pediatrician and virologist should be directed toward increased fetal salvage as with rubella and the prevention of severe, viral lower respiratory tract disease.

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