Twenty-nine Cases of Enterovirus-D68–associated Acute Flaccid Myelitis in Europe 2016 A Case Series and Epidemiologic Overview

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2019, Pages 16-21

  Knoester, Marjolein ^a   Helfferich, Jelte ^a   Poelman, Randy ^a   van Leer Buter, Coretta ^a   Brouwer, Oebele F ^a   Niesters, Hubert G M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Enterovirus; Enterovirus D68; Laboratory surveillance; Myelitis; Paralysis

Indexed keywords

FLUOXETINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; RITUXIMAB; STEROID; ACUTE FLACCID MYELITIS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BULBAR PARALYSIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIAL NEUROPATHY; ENTEROVIRUS D68; EUROPE; FECES; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMAN; LIMB WEAKNESS; MALE; MYELITIS; NONHUMAN; NORWAY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PLASMAPHERESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; SPAIN; SWEDEN; VELOCITY; VIRUS DETECTION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; COMPLICATION; ENTEROVIRUS D; ENTEROVIRUS INFECTION; EPIDEMIC; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE HYPOTONIA; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE; PARALYSIS; PATHOGENICITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; VIROLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM VIRAL DISEASES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENTEROVIRUS D, HUMAN; ENTEROVIRUS INFECTIONS; EUROPE; FECES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE HYPOTONIA; MYELITIS; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASES; PARALYSIS; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85056742780     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: 15320987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0000000000002188     Document Type: Review

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