TABLE 2.
Specimen type and serotype of enteroviral isolates identified by neutralization methoda
| Specimen type | No. of specimens containing the following virus:
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poliovirus | Coxsackievirus | Echovirus | Total | |
| Rectal swab | 58 | 10 | 46 | 114 |
| Throat swab | 16 | 17 | 59 | 92 |
| Cerebrospinal fluid | 4 | 5 | 41 | 50 |
| Nasal wash | 6 | 2 | 11 | 19 |
| Blood | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Lung | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Unknown | 9 | 0 | 3 | 12 |
a
A total of 290 isolates were identified by the neutralization method. One enterovirus type 71 isolate was isolated from a nasal wash sample but the data are not shown here.