Outbreak of Neurologic Enterovirus Type 71 Disease: A Diagnostic Challenge
Author(s) -
Carlos M. PérezVélez,
Malcolm Anderson,
Christine C. Robinson,
Elizabeth J. McFarland,
W. Allan Nix,
Mark A. Pallansch,
M. Steven Oberste,
Mary P. Glodé
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
clinical infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44
H-Index - 336
eISSN - 1537-6591
pISSN - 1058-4838
DOI - 10.1086/521895
Subject(s) - medicine , enterovirus , aseptic meningitis , enterovirus 71 , outbreak , disease , encephalitis , virology , paralysis , virus , meningitis , cerebrospinal fluid , gastroenterology , pediatrics , surgery
Similar to poliovirus, enterovirus type 71 (EV71) causes severe disease, including aseptic meningitis, encephalitis, acute flaccid paralysis, and acute cardiopulmonary dysfunction. Large epidemics of EV71 infection have been reported worldwide.
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