Two cases of acute severe flaccid myelitis associated with enterovirus D68 infection in children, Norway, autumn 2014

Enterovirus D68 (EV-D68), phylogenetic clade B was identified in nasopharyngeal specimens of two cases of severe acute flaccid myelitis. The cases were six and five years-old and occurred in September and November 2014. EV-D68 is increasingly associated with acute flaccid myelitis in children, most...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Euro surveillance : bulletin européen sur les maladies transmissibles 2015-03, Vol.20 (10), p.21062-21062
Hauptverfasser:	Pfeiffer, H C, Bragstad, K, Skram, M K, Dahl, H, Knudsen, P K, Chawla, M S, Holberg-Petersen, M, Vainio, K, Dudman, S G, Kran, A M, Rojahn, A E
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Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Child Child, Preschool Children & youth Electroencephalography Enterovirus D, Human - classification Enterovirus D, Human - genetics Enterovirus D, Human - isolation & purification Enterovirus Infections - diagnosis Enterovirus Infections - virology Female Humans Infections Magnetic Resonance Imaging Myelitis - diagnosis Myelitis - virology Nasopharynx - virology Norway Paralysis - diagnosis Paralysis - virology Phylogenetics Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction Seasons Sequence Analysis, DNA Severity of Illness Index Viruses
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Zusammenfassung:	Enterovirus D68 (EV-D68), phylogenetic clade B was identified in nasopharyngeal specimens of two cases of severe acute flaccid myelitis. The cases were six and five years-old and occurred in September and November 2014. EV-D68 is increasingly associated with acute flaccid myelitis in children, most cases being reported in the United States. Awareness of this possible neurological complication of enterovirus D68 infection is needed.
ISSN:	1560-7917 1025-496X 1560-7917
DOI:	10.2807/1560-7917.ES2015.20.10.21062