Acute Flaccid Paralysis Associated with Novel Enterovirus C105

An outbreak of acute flaccid paralysis among children in the United States during summer 2014 was tentatively associated with enterovirus D68 infection. This syndrome in a child in fall 2014 was associated with enterovirus C105 infection. The presence of this virus strain in North America may pose a...

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Published in:Emerging infectious diseases 2015-10, Vol.21 (10), p.1858-1860
Main Authors: Horner, Liana M, Poulter, Melinda D, Brenton, J Nicholas, Turner, Ronald B
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Case studies
Child
Diagnosis
Disease Outbreaks
Dispatch
Drug therapy
enterovirus
Enterovirus C, Human - classification
Enterovirus C, Human - pathogenicity
enterovirus C105
Enterovirus D, Human - pathogenicity
Enterovirus Infections - diagnosis
Enterovirus Infections - pathology
Enteroviruses
Female
flaccid paralysis
Humans
Muscle Hypotonia - virology
Paralysis
Paralysis - virology
rhinovirus
Risk factors
Virginia - epidemiology
viruses
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Summary:An outbreak of acute flaccid paralysis among children in the United States during summer 2014 was tentatively associated with enterovirus D68 infection. This syndrome in a child in fall 2014 was associated with enterovirus C105 infection. The presence of this virus strain in North America may pose a diagnostic challenge.
ISSN:1080-6040
1080-6059
DOI:10.3201/eid2110.150759