Preliminar characterization of a new virus isolated from the spinal fluid of patients with meningitis in São Paulo, Brazil Caracterização preliminar de um novo vírus isolado de liquor de pacientes com meningite asséptica em São Paulo, Brasil
A total of 138 patients with the age of 4 months to 57 years were attended in different hospitals of São Paulo State with aseptic meningitis. A probable new agent was isolated from the cerebrospinal fluid of 35 of 53 specimens examined. Replication of the agent with similar characteristics was detec...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Universidade de São Paulo
1990-06-01
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| Series: | Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo |
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| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0036-46651990000300003 |