A six-year study of coxsackievirus B infections in heart disease.

The Journal of hygiene ·Vol. 73 ·No. 2 ·1974-10-00 ·Pages 165-72

Grist NR, Bell EJ

Abstract

Virological examination of 385 patients with suspected heart disease and 26 with Bornholm disease over a period of 6 years suggested that Coxsackie group B virus infections were associated with at least half the cases of acute myocarditis and one third of the cases of acute non-bacterial pericarditis. Complement-fixation tests revealed only a few cardiac illnesses associated with other infections (influenza and Mycoplasma pneumoniae). No evidence of infection was found in chronic cardiac disease.

MeSH Terms

Adolescent Adult Child Complement Fixation Tests Coxsackievirus Infections/complications,diagnosis,microbiology Enterovirus/isolation & purification,pathogenicity Female Follow-Up Studies Heart Diseases/etiology Humans Infant Male Middle Aged Myocarditis/etiology Pericarditis/etiology Pleurodynia, Epidemic/etiology Serologic Tests Time Factors

Authors & Affiliations

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Grist N R

Bell E J

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8 references, click to expand

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Article Info

Journal

The Journal of hygiene

Abbr.

J Hyg (Lond)

ISSN

0022-1724

DOI

10.1017/s0022172400023998

Published

1974-10-00

Pages

165-72

Language

English

Region

England

NLM ID

0375374

PMCID

PMC2130327

Subset

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PubMed source DOI: 10.1017/s0022172400023998 PMC Full Text View journal details

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