<div><p>The European Congress of Vaccinology in Armed Forces, organized by the International Committee of Military Medicine and the Société Française de Médecine des Armées was held in Paris on October 16-17, 2006, France. The meeting included presentations and discussions on the role of vaccination in the prevention and control of diseases in a wide ...

FDA cleared for marketing in March 2007 a test that uses molecular biology to quickly detect the presence of viral meningitis. When used in combination with other laboratory tests, the Xpert EV test, made by Cepheid, Sunnyvale, Calif., will help doctors distinguish between viral meningitis and the less-common but more severe version of meningitis caused by bacteria. About meningitis:. Meningitis ...

Meningitis is an infection of the fluid of a person's spinal cord and the fluid that surrounds the brain. People sometimes refer to it as spinal meningitis Is it Viral or Bacterial? . Meningitis is usually caused by a viral or bacterial infection. Knowing whether meningitis is caused by a virus or bacterium is important because the severity of illness ...