First detection of enterovirus 71 from an acute flaccid paralysis case with residual paralysis in Iran.

Genomic Analysis of Vaccine-Like Poliovirus Isolates from Stool Specimens of Acute Flaccid Paralysis Cases with Residual Paralysis during the Years 1380-1381 in Iran

Acute Flaccid Myelitis in A 9- year- old Girl: A Case Report

Acute Flaccid Myelitis (AFM), a polio-like paralysis in children no older than 21, has recently reemerged and increasing numbers of such cases have been reported worldwide since 2012. Accurate and early diagnosis of this condition could help with better management of the disease. A 9- year- old girl with chief complaint of headache, fever and vomiting was subsequently affected by an acute...

Acute flaccid paralysis in infants and young children with enterovirus 71 infection: MR imaging findings and clinical correlates.

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Enterovirus 71 (EV71) infection is now considered an important cause of childhood acute flaccid paralysis. The purpose of our study was to determine whether EV71-infection-related acute flaccid paralysis in infants and young children has characteristic MR imaging patterns. METHODS Seven infants and young children with acute paralysis of the upper or lower extremities an...

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

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...

Enterovirus 71 Neuroimaging: “The New Polio of the 21st Century”

Enterovirus 71 (EV71) typically causes uncomplicated hand foot and mouth disease in young children. However, a minority of patients may develop neurological complications that include brainstem encephalitis, acute flaccid paralysis, encephalomyelitis, encephalitis and pulmonary oedema. In the wake of near complete global polio eradication, EV71 has emerged as a significant infectious cause of s...