Acute Flaccid Paralysis after Enterovirus D68 Outbreak

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Acute Flaccid Paralysis after Enterovirus D68 Outbreak

CDC investigation of acute flaccid myelitis in U.S. children, 2014- Every year, children in the United States develop neurologic illness with limb weakness, and often the causes are not identified. Such illnesses can result from viral infections, environmental toxins, and genetic disorders.

After Enterovirus 68 outbreak, a paralysis mystery, by Catherine Saint Louis, New York Times, Jan 12

Enterovirus D68: A clinically important respiratory enterovirus.
Foster CB, et al. Cleve Clin J Med. 2015 Jan;82(1):26-31.

Acute flaccid paralysis following enterovirus D68 associated pneumonia, France, 2014.
Lang M, et al. Euro Surveill. 2014 Nov 6;19(44). pii: 20952.

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