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

Euro Surveill. 2014 Nov 6;19(44):20952. doi: 10.2807/1560-7917.es2014.19.44.20952.

Abstract

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.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Acute Disease
  • Child, Preschool
  • DNA, Viral / genetics*
  • Enterovirus D, Human / classification
  • Enterovirus D, Human / genetics*
  • Enterovirus D, Human / isolation & purification
  • Enterovirus Infections / complications
  • Enterovirus Infections / virology*
  • Female
  • France
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Paralysis / complications*
  • Paralysis / virology
  • Pneumonia / diagnosis*
  • Pneumonia / virology
  • RNA, Viral / genetics
  • Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • Sequence Analysis, DNA
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed

Substances

  • DNA, Viral
  • RNA, Viral