“…Among the 1,022 cerebrospinal fluids (CSFs) collected, 162 were positive for EVs with Echo 30 being identified in 139 (85.8%) of them. In the past, polioviruses were detected in meningitis cases and Echo 9 was responsible for an outbreak of meningitis that occurred in São Paulo (SP) and Rio de Janeiro (RJ) in 1967and 1978, respectively (Godoy et al 1967, Nery-Guimarães et al 1981. Other serotypes of Echo were found together with coxsackievirus B, EV 71 and no typed EV in cases of meningitis that occurred in three different Brazilian cities: Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Belém, state of Pará (PA) and Salvador, state of Bahia (BA) (Bedoya et al 1998, Gomes et al 2001, Ferreira et al 2002, Silva et al 2002, Lamarão et al 2005, Gomes et al 2007).…”