Abstract:A large outbreak of echovirus type 30 infection occurred throughout Japan in 1983. During the epidemic we isolated echovirus type 30 from patients with aseptic meningitis and the representative isolate was designated as the Fukui 609/83 strain (3). The strain was identified as an antigenic variant having a strain-specific neutralization determinant(s) in addition to a type-specific antigen(s) in common with the prototype Bastianni strain. Interestingly, most convalescent phase sera obtained from the patients w… Show more
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