Abstract
Summary
ECHO type 6 virus was isolated from whole blood and serum obtained 3 days after onset and on 2nd day of paralysis of fatal illness in which there were no meningeal signs. Virus could not be demonstrated in pharyngeal secretions, stools, CSF and postmortem materials. Neutralizing antibodies were not present in the virus-containing serum.
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