Viral meningitis in Cyprus and England : summer 1996

M E Ramsay; D W Brown; H Appleton; B Megson; A Polynikis; L Papantoniou; A Eleftheriou

doi:10.2807/esm.01.04.00159-en

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Viral meningitis in Cyprus and England : summer 1996
M E Ramsay¹ , D W Brown² , H Appleton² , B Megson² , A Polynikis³ , L Papantoniou³ , A Eleftheriou³
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Affiliations: ¹ PHLS Communicable Disease Surveillance Centre, London, England ² PHLS Enteric and Respiratory Virus Laboratory, London, England ³ Ministry of Health, Nicosia, Cyprus

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Citation style for this article: Ramsay M E, Brown D W, Appleton H, Megson B, Polynikis A, Papantoniou L, Eleftheriou A. Viral meningitis in Cyprus and England : summer 1996. Euro Surveill. 1996;1(4):pii=159. https://doi.org/10.2807/esm.01.04.00159-en

Abstract

An outbreak of viral meningitis began in Cyprus on 5 July 1996. By 28 August a total of 316 cases had been admitted to hospital, most of whom were infants and young children; 55 (17%) were less than 1 year of age, 117 (37%) were aged 1 to 4 years, 103 (33