TY - JOUR AU - Sarmiento, Luis AU - Mas, Pedro AU - Goyenechea, Angel AU - Palomera, Rosa AU - Morier, Luis AU - CapĆ³, Virginia AU - Quintana, Ibrahim AU - Santin, Manuel T1 - First Epidemic of Echovirus 16 Meningitis in Cuba T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2001 VL - 7 IS - 5 SP - 887 SN - 1080-6059 AB - From April to September 2000, an epidemic of aseptic meningitis spread throughout Cuba, with 16,943 reported cases. Virologic studies identified echovirus 16 as the cause of this epidemic. This is the first reported isolate of echovirus 16 from patients with viral meningitis in Cuba. KW - Lactococcus lactis subsp. lactis KW - waterfowl KW - infection KW - animal KW - polymerase chain reaction KW - pulsed-field gel electrophoresis KW - Cuba DO - 10.3201/eid0705.017520 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/7/5/01-7520_article ER - End of Reference