Two New Variants of Infection with Coxsackie Virus Group B, Type 5, in Young Children

Siegel, Wayne; Spencer, Frederick J.; Smith, Donald J.; Toman, Julia; Skinner, Wayne; Marx, Martin B.

doi:10.1056/nejm196305302682202

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“…The laboratory reports, however, do emphasize the wide variety of symptoms with which Coxsackie B5 infection may be associated. A similar diversity of symptoms has been reported from other countries; Siegel et al (1963), for example, in an outbreak in Virginia observed chest pain, abdominal pain, pleural effusion, pericarditis, fever, myalgia and headache, painful hepatic or splenic enlargement with fever, nausea and vomiting, usually with pharyngitis and conjunctivitis, and pneumonitis. Other reports of the varied symptoms associated with Coxsackie B5 infection have been published by Gordon et al (1959).…”

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confidence: 74%

Coxsackie B5 virus infections during 1965. A report to the Director of the Public Health Laboratory Service from various laboratories in the United Kingdom.

1967

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Many laboratories throughout the United Kingdom send regular reports of the micro-organisms they identify to the Central Public Health Laboratory, Colindale, London N.W.9. During the early summer of 1965 it became apparent that infections with Coxsackie B5 virus were being reported much more frequently than in previous years. Contributing laboratories were therefore invited to complete a standard record containing more information than that usually included in the routine reports. These special records were analysed centrally and the findings are reported below. The reports on which this survey is based were submitted from Public Period and Duration of OutbreakHealth and other laboratories in the following areas: Bath, Bedford,

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Section: Frequency Of Symptomssupporting

confidence: 74%