Acute necrotizing encephalopathy of childhood (ANEC) is a rare condition characterized by the presence of multifocal symmetrical brain lesions involving mainly thalami, brainstem, cerebellum and white matter. ANEC is a serious and life threatening complication of simple viral infections. We present a case of a young child who developed this condition with classical clinical and radiological fin...

Wild poliovirus (WPV) persists in diverse locales worldwide, spreading outward from endemic areas. In response to the international threat of WPV transmission and changes in the national vaccination policy, we established an environmental surveillance system to monitor the circulation of wild and vaccine-related poliovirus in Taiwan. From July 2012 to December 2013, we collected sewage specimen...

Title: Deep cerebral venous thrombosis mimicking influenza-associated acute necrotizing encephalopathy: a case report Authors: Daisuke Taniguchi ([email protected]) Sho Nakajima ([email protected]) Arisa Hayashida ([email protected]) Takuma Kuroki ([email protected]) Hiroto Eguchi ([email protected]) Yutaka Machida ([email protected]) Nobutaka Hattori (nhattor@ju...