Reovirus type 1 associated with meningitis

Hugo Johansson; Tomas Sveger; Karin Ahlfors; Jarl Ekstrand; Lennart Svensson

doi:10.3109/00365549609049060

Reovirus type 1 associated with meningitis

Hugo Johansson, Tomas Sveger, Karin Ahlfors, Jarl Ekstrand, Lennart Svensson

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Abstract

A previously healthy 3-month-old girl presented with symptoms of meningitis, diarrhoea, vomiting and fever. Green monkey kidney (GMK) cells inoculated with cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) revealed reovirus-like particles by electron microscopy. RNA-gel electrophoresis, immunofluorescence and virus neutralization identified the pathogen isolated from CSF as reovirus type 1. Antibody determination by immunofluorescence of paired sera showed a significant antibody titre rise to the CSF isolate and neutralization test revealed a greater than 4-fold antibody titre rise to the CSF isolate. The CSF isolate was also neutralized by reovirus type 1 antibodies. This report represents one of a few associating reovirus with CNS symptoms in humans.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	117-120
Journal	Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases
Volume	28
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3109/00365549609049060
Publication status	Published - 1996

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Infectious Medicine

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