Detection and typing of enteroviruses from CSF specimens from patients diagnosed with meningitis/encephalitis

Conclusions The most prevalent enteroviruses in this cohort were Coxsackievirus B5, and echoviruses 18, and 6 collectively accounting for 46%. 2005 was a period of high activity for Coxsackievirus B5 in NYS. A large majority of the enterovirus-positive patients suffered from headache and fever. In most cases, the cerebrospinal fluid profile was reported and generally showed elevated protein levels (>45 mg/dl) and a higher than normal white blood cell count (>5 mm 3 ). Keywords Molecular detection Real-time PCR Sequence analysis Enterovirus Cerebrospinal fluid