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

2014; European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control; Volume: 19; Issue: 44 Linguagem: Inglês

10.2807/1560-7917.es2014.19.44.20952

1560-7917

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

Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology

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.