A mixed epidemic of poliomyelitis and Bornholm's disease (pleurodynia)
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During a mixed epidemic of poliomyelitis and Bornholm's disease in the summer of 1951, evidence was obtained of the involvement of at least 6 different immunological types of Coxsackie virus, among which the Albany A2 type dominated. Poliomyelitis virus was isolated from the stools of 6 out of 20 patients suffering from paralytic poliomyelitis; Coxsackie virus from 1, and both poliomyelitis and Coxsackie virus from 2 out of these 20 patients. During the whole year, Coxsackie virus was recovered from the stools of patients suffering from paralytic poliomyelitis, aseptic meningitis, pleurodynia and summer grippe in approximately equal percentages (11 to 14%), but during the epidemic months from July to October, 25% of the patients with poliomyelitis, and 16% of the patients with pleurodynia gave positive results for Coxsackie virus. The sparing or the enhancing effect of Coxsackie virus infection on the development of paralysis in patients with dual infections is discussed. © 1952 N.V. Swets en Zeitlinger Boekhandel En Uitgeversmaatschappij.
TNO Identifier
226622
ISSN
00036072
Source
Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, 18(1), pp. 239-245.
Pages
239-245
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