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Duration of Enterovirus D68 RNA Shedding in the Upper Respiratory Tract and Transmission among Household Contacts, Colorado, USA

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2023
Enterovirus D68 (EV-D68) causes cyclical outbreaks of respiratory disease and acute flaccid myelitis. EV-D68 is primarily transmitted through the respiratory route, but the duration of shedding in the respiratory tract is unknown.
Hai Nguyen-Tran, Careese Thompson, Molly Butler, Kristen R. Miller, Laura Pyle, Sarah Jung, Shannon Rogers, Terry Fei Fan Ng, Janell Routh, Samuel R. Dominguez, Kevin Messacar   +10 more
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Enterovirus D68 Subclade B3 in Children with Acute Flaccid Paralysis in West Africa, 2016

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2020
We tested for enterovirus D68 in fecal samples collected during June–September 2016 from 567 patients with acute flaccid paralysis in 7 West Africa nations. Children
Amary Fall, Ndack Ndiaye, Kevin Messacar, Ousmane Kebe, Mamadou Malado Jallow, Hamid Harouna, Davy Evrard Kiori, Sara Sy, Déborah Goudiaby, Mohamed Dia, Mbayame Ndiaye Niang, Kader Ndiaye, Ndongo Dia   +12 more
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The complete acute and post-acute care course of children affected by acute flaccid myelitis in Western Pennsylvania: A case series

Journal of Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine, 2023
Acute flaccid myelitis (AFM) is a “polio-like” neurologic disorder of the spinal cord gray matter characterized by asymmetric, flaccid limb weakness of rapid onset following prodromal viral illness.
Jessica Beardsley, Andrew McCoy, Megan Freeman, Natan Cramer, Desiree Neville, Silvia Owusu-Ansah, Amy Houtrow, Amit Sinha   +7 more
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Acute Transverse and Flaccid Myelitis in Children [PDF]

Current Treatment Options in Neurology, 2019
The etiologies of myelitis in children are broad, and our understanding of inflammatory myelopathies in the pediatric population continues to evolve. Acute flaccid myelitis (AFM), increasingly linked to enterovirus infections, has risen in incidence over recent years.
Liana M, Theroux, J Nicholas, Brenton
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Enterovirus D68 in a 6-year-old acute flaccid myelitis case in China, 2018: a case report

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2020
Background Acute flaccid myelitis (AFM) are reported to be associated with enterovirus D68 infection. Though an increasing number of AFM cases were reported with EV-D68 infection in the US, few such cases have been found in China.
Xiaoli Wang, Pengfei Zhang, Jie Li, Yanhui Chu, Zheng Li, Yang Yang, Fu Li, Shujuan Cui, Da Huo, Yu Wang, Quanyi Wang   +10 more
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Pediatric acute flaccid myelitis: Evaluation of diagnostic criteria and differentiation from other causes of acute flaccid paralysis [PDF]

, 2023
Background: Acute flaccid paralysis (AFP) is characterized by rapidly progressive limb weakness with low muscle tone. It has a broad differential diagnosis, which includes acute flaccid myelitis (AFM), a rare polio-like condition that mainly affects ...
te Wierik, Margreet J.M., Niermeijer, Jikke Mien, Schoenmaker, Niels, Benschop, Kimberley S.M., Brouwer, Oebele F., Roelfsema, Vincent, Neuteboom, Rinze F., Sie, Lilian T., Van Leer-Buter, Coretta C., de Bie, Eva, Braakman, Hilde M.H., de Lange, Marit M.A., Niks, Erik H., Brandsma, Rick, Helfferich, Jelte, Jacobs, Bart C., Meijer, Adam, Niesters, Hubert G., Bakker, Dewi P.   +18 more
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Acute flaccid myelitis (AFM) fact sheet [PDF]

Acute flaccid myelitis (AFM) is a condition that affects the nervous system, specifically the spinal cord, which can result from a variety of causes. Practicing good hygiene is one way to protect yourself and your family from diseases that can cause AFM ...

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Severe Acute Flaccid Myelitis Associated With Enterovirus in Children: Two Phenotypes for Two Evolution Profiles?

Frontiers in Neurology, 2020
Acute flaccid myelitis (AFM) is an acute paralysis syndrome defined by a specific inflammation of the anterior horn cells of the spinal cord. From 2014, worrying waves of life-threatening AFM consecutive to enterovirus infection (EV-D68 and EV-A71) have ...
Melodie Aubart, Melodie Aubart, Cyril Gitiaux, Cyril Gitiaux, Charles Joris Roux, Raphael Levy, Isabelle Schuffenecker, Audrey Mirand, Nathalie Bach, Florence Moulin, Jean Bergounioux, Marianne Leruez-Ville, Flore Rozenberg, Delphine Sterlin, Lucile Musset, Denise Antona, Nathalie Boddaert, Nathalie Boddaert, Shen Ying Zhang, Manoelle Kossorotoff, Isabelle Desguerre   +20 more
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Upsurge of Enterovirus D68, the Netherlands, 2016

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2017
In June and July 2016, we identified 8 adults and 17 children with respiratory enterovirus D68 infections. Thirteen children required intensive care unit admission because of respiratory insufficiency, and 1 had concomitant acute flaccid myelitis ...
Marjolein Knoester, Elisabeth H. Schölvinck, Randy Poelman, Sylvia Smit, Clementien L. Vermont, Hubert G.M. Niesters, Coretta C. Van Leer-Buter   +6 more
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Acute Flaccid Myelitis: Something Old and Something New

mBio, 2019
Since 2014, acute flaccid myelitis (AFM), a long-recognized condition associated with polioviruses, nonpolio enteroviruses, and various other viral and nonviral causes, has been reemerging globally in epidemic form.
David M. Morens, Gregory K. Folkers, Anthony S. Fauci   +2 more
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