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Dispatch
Japanese Encephalitis Virus
in Meningitis Patients, Japan
Masaru Kuwayama,*
Mikako Ito,† Shinichi Takao,* Yukie Shimazu,* Shinji Fukuda,* Kazuo Miyazaki,*
Ichiro Kurane,† and Tomohiko Takasaki†
*Hiroshima Prefectural Institute of Health and Environment, Hiroshima,
Japan; and †National Institute of infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan
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Appendix Table. Virus isolation or detection
by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) in cerebrospinal fluid samples
obtained from meningitis patients
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Year
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No. of cases
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Virus isolation or detection by PCR
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Negative
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Positive (detected viruses)
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1999
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5
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2
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3 (3 enteroviruses)
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2000
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37
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24
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13 (7 enteroviruses, 6 mumps virus)
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2001
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32
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17
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15 (9 enteroviruses, 6 mumps virus)
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2002
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96
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15
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81 (77 enteroviruses, 4 mumps virus)
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Total
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170
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58
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112 (96 enteroviruses, 16 mumps virus)
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