Acute flaccid paralysis following enterovirus D68 associated pneumonia, France, 2014

Michael Lang, Audrey Mirand, Nadia Savy, Cécile Henquell, S Maridet, Renan Pérignon, Antoine Labbé, H. Peigue‐Lafeuille

Eurosurveillance · 2014 · 132 citations · 48 references

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Human enterovirus D68 (EV-D68) is known to be associated with mild to severe respiratory infections. Recent reports in the United States and Canada of acute flaccid paralysis (AFP) in children with detection of EV-D68 in respiratory samples have raised concerns about the aetiological role of this EV type in severe neurological disease. This case study is the first report of AFP following EV-D68 infection in Europe.

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