Echovirus type 11 infection in Singapore
Yin-Murphy, M.; Phoon, M.C.; Baharuddin-Ishak
Singapore Medical Journal 25(1): 38-42
1984
ISSN/ISBN: 0037-5675 PMID: 6463661 Document Number: 232833
A clinical and virological report on a recent echovirus type 11 outbreak in Singapore is presented. Infection was most frequent and severe in infants and young children with a male predominancy. All races were affected. Unlike the echovirus type 11 outbreaks which occurred in 1978-1982 in the UK, Australia and Canada where the commonest symptom was meningitis with high mortality in neonates and infants, the most prominent symptoms observed in Singapore were respiratory. Meningitis was rare with no fatal case to date. The varied clinical manifestations and severity of echovirus type 11 infections are illustrated by case presentations. This is the 1st echovirus type 11 outbreak recorded in Singapore.