Association of Regulatory Issues With an Echovirus 18 Meningitis Outbreak at a Children's Summer Camp in Alaska
- 1 September 2004
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal
- Vol. 23 (9) , 875-877
- https://doi.org/10.1097/01.inf.0000136867.18026.22
Abstract
We document an echovirus 18 meningitis outbreak occurring at a remote overnight children's camp in Alaska. The outbreak involved 26% of 113 camp residents, was associated with building overcrowding and occurred in a camp with a contaminated drinking water source. Lack of specific children's camp regulations and failure to implement and enforce existing regulations may have contributed to the outbreak.Keywords
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