Abstract
In order to assess the frequency of serious enteroviral disease in the neonate the records of the Monroe County Health Department/Strong Memorial Hospital virus laboratory were reviewed for a 5-year period (1976-1980). Our laboratory is the only viral diagnostic facility for a community of 750,000 people with 10,000 live births/year. Enterovirus was isolated from 68 hospitalized infants ≤1 month of age and included 33 Echo, 2 Coxsackie A, 31 Coxsackie B, and 2 Enterovirus 71. Virus was isolated from the CSF of 22 neonates and 46 children with an undefined febrile illness.
Recognizing the fact that not all infected infants were cultured and that not all of the infected infants included were from Monroe County the approximate incidence of neonatal enteroviral disease was calculated using as a denominator live births in Monroe County during the “enterovirus season” (June-Nov.).
These data suggest that enteroviral disease is more common in the neonate than generally appreciated.
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Berkowitz, I., Menegus, M., Powell, K. et al. 462 THE INCIDENCE OF NEONATAL ENTEROVIRAL DISEASE. Pediatr Res 15 (Suppl 4), 517 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1203/00006450-198104001-00474
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1203/00006450-198104001-00474