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ECHO 11 virus associated with aseptic meningitis. 1959

M ELVIN-LEWIS, and J L MELNICK

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008581	Meningitis	Inflammation of the coverings of the brain and/or spinal cord, which consist of the PIA MATER; ARACHNOID; and DURA MATER. Infections (viral, bacterial, and fungal) are the most common causes of this condition, but subarachnoid hemorrhage (HEMORRHAGES, SUBARACHNOID), chemical irritation (chemical MENINGITIS), granulomatous conditions, neoplastic conditions (CARCINOMATOUS MENINGITIS), and other inflammatory conditions may produce this syndrome. (From Joynt, Clinical Neurology, 1994, Ch24, p6)	Pachymeningitis,Meningitides,Pachymeningitides
D008582	Meningitis, Aseptic	A syndrome characterized by headache, neck stiffness, low grade fever, and CSF lymphocytic pleocytosis in the absence of an acute bacterial pathogen. Viral meningitis is the most frequent cause although MYCOPLASMA INFECTIONS; RICKETTSIA INFECTIONS; diagnostic or therapeutic procedures; NEOPLASTIC PROCESSES; septic perimeningeal foci; and other conditions may result in this syndrome. (From Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, p745)	Aseptic Meningitis
D014777	Virus Diseases	A general term for diseases caused by viruses.	Viral Diseases,Viral Infections,Virus Infections,Disease, Viral,Disease, Virus,Diseases, Viral,Diseases, Virus,Infection, Viral,Infection, Virus,Infections, Viral,Infections, Virus,Viral Disease,Viral Infection,Virus Disease,Virus Infection
D029822	Enterovirus B, Human	A species of ENTEROVIRUS infecting humans and containing 36 serotypes. It is comprised of all the echoviruses and a few coxsackieviruses, including all of those previously named coxsackievirus B.	Bornholm Disease Virus,Coxsackievirus A9, Human,Echoviruses,Pleurodynia Virus,Coxsackie A9 Virus,Coxsackie B Viruses,Coxsackieviruses B,Echo Viruses,Human Coxsackievirus A9,Human Enterovirus B,Swine Vesicular Disease Virus,A9 Viruses, Coxsackie,Coxsackie A9 Viruses,Coxsackie B Virus,Disease Virus, Bornholm,Echo Virus,Echovirus,Pleurodynia Viruses,Virus, Bornholm Disease,Virus, Coxsackie A9,Virus, Coxsackie B,Viruses, Coxsackie A9