An Epidemic of Illness Due to Coxsackie Virus Group B, Type 2
- 25 January 1964
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in JAMA
- Vol. 187 (4) , 251-256
- https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.1964.03060170005001
Abstract
Clinical and epidemiological features of 142 cases of Coxsackie B2 disease were studied during an epidemic in and near Lind, Wash, in 1961. Prevalent symptoms included fever, headache, myalgia, dizziness, sore throat, nausea, and vomiting. Pleurodynia was present in 22 cases. Orchitis occurred in seven patients and epididymitis in three patients. Coxsackie B2 virus was recovered from fecal specimens in 47 of 95 patients and from four of 34 asymptomatic household contacts. The epidemic lasted three months and ultimately produced illness in 12.7% of the population studied. Attack rates were highest in children and among family contacts of cases.Keywords
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