Volume 11, Number 3—March 2005
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†
, Mikako Ito†, Shinichi Takao*, Yukie Shimazu*, Shinji Fukuda*, Kazuo Miyazaki*, Ichiro Kurane†, and Tomohiko Takasaki†Table A1
Virus isolation or detection by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) in cerebrospinal fluid samples obtained from meningitis patients
| Year | No. of cases | Virus isolation or detection by PCR |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Negative | Positive (detected viruses) | ||
| 1999 | 5 | 2 | 3 (3 enteroviruses) |
| 2000 | 37 | 24 | 13 (7 enteroviruses, 6 mumps virus) |
| 2001 | 32 | 17 | 15 (9 enteroviruses, 6 mumps virus) |
| 2002 |
96 |
15 |
81 (77 enteroviruses, 4 mumps virus) |
| Total | 170 | 58 | 112 (96 enteroviruses, 16 mumps virus) |
