[Role of poliomyelitis viruses in the etiology of serous meningitis in Odessa 1979-1983].

The etiology of aseptic meningitides has been studied in the patients hospitalized in the Odessa city clinical hospital in 1979-1983. Altogether 268 strains of enteroviruses have been isolated, among them 105 poliomyelitis viruses (38.8%); 26 poliomyelitis virus strains have been isolated from the cerebrospinal fluid. Most frequently, type I poliovirus has been isolated. Poliovirus strains isolated from the cerebrospinal fluid had the genetic markers of virulent strains. The authors believe that isolation of poliomyelitis virus from the cerebrospinal fluid in aseptic meningitis proves its etiological role in the disease.