Two cases of acute severe flaccid myelitis associated with enterovirus D68 infection in children, Norway, autumn
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H C Pfeiffer ([email protected])1, K Bragstad2, M K Skram1, H Dahl1, P K Knudsen1, M S Chawla3, M Holberg-Petersen4, K Vainio2, S G Dudman2, A M Kran4, A E Rojahn1 1. Department of Paediatrics, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway 2. Department of Virology, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway 3. Department of Radiology, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway 4. Department of Microbiology, Oslo University Hospital, University of Oslo, Institute of Clinical Medicine, Oslo, Norway
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Two cases of acute severe flaccid myelitis associated with enterovirus D68 infection in children, Norway, autumn 2014.
Enterovirus D68 (EV-D68), phylogenetic clade B was identified in nasopharyngeal specimens of two cases of severe acute flaccid myelitis. The cases were six and five years-old and occurred in September and November 2014. EV-D68 is increasingly associated with acute flaccid myelitis in children, most cases being reported in the United States. Awareness of this possible neurological complication o...
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