Volume 16, Number 1—January 2010
Research
Meningitis and a Febrile Vomiting illness Caused by Echovirus Type 4, Northern Territory, Australia
Peter G. Markey
, Joshua S. Davis, Gerry B. Harnett, Simon H. Williams, and David J. Speers
, Joshua S. Davis, Gerry B. Harnett, Simon H. Williams, and David J. SpeersTable 1
Incidence of meningitis caused by echovirus type 4 virus, by age group and sex, Northern Territory, Australia, 2007
| Case-patient age group, y | Case-patient sex |
Total no. case-patients | Incidence* | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | F | |||
| <1 | 16 | 12 | 28 | 1,025.0 |
| 1–4 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 54.9 |
| 5–14 | 11 | 7 | 18 | 71.4 |
| 15–24 | 12 | 11 | 23 | 94.0 |
| 25–34 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 47.3 |
| 35–44 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 11.4 |
| 45–64 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11.3 |
| >65 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Total | 49 | 46 | 95 | 59.1 |
*Per 100,000 population.
