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Acute flaccid myelitis associated with enterovirus D68 in a non-epidemic setting
IDCases, 2019 Acute flaccid myelitis (AFM) is a recently defined clinical disease accompanied by the national outbreak of enterovirus D68 (EV-D68) in the United States during the late summer/fall of 2014; 258 cases of EV-D68 and 59 cases of AFM were reported in Japan ...
Kazuki Hatayama +8 more
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Acute flaccid myelitis in Canada, 2018 to 2019. [PDF]
Can Commun Dis Rep, 2020 Starting in 2014, biennial clusters of acute flaccid myelitis (AFM), frequently described as "polio-like" illness, have been reported across the United States and elsewhere, often linked to enteroviruses. To assess AFM trends in Canada, we reviewed the Canadian Acute Flaccid Paralysis Surveillance System (CAFPSS) for cases reported during the 2018 and ...
Dickson C, Ho Mi Fane B, Squires SG.
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Acute Flaccid Myelitis: Current Status and Diagnostic Challenges. [PDF]
J Clin Neurol, 2020 Acute flaccid myelitis (AFM) is a sudden-onset polio-like neuromuscular disability found commonly in young children. There is an increasing incidence of confirmed AFM cases in the USA and other countries in recent years, and in association with nonpolio enterovirus infection.
Fang X, Huda R.
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Acute flaccid myelitis in low- to middle-income countries: diagnosis and surveillance. [PDF]
Brain CommunHelfferich J +4 more
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Neurogenic shock due to transverse myelitis with Landry’s acute flaccid paralysis in a child [PDF]
Romanian Journal of Neurology, 2022 Neurogenic shock is a life-threatening condition mostly associated with cervical and high thoracic spine injury, whereas transverse myelitis leading to neurogenic shock is extremely rare.
Kiem Hao Tran +2 more
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A Case of Acute Flaccid Myelitis in a 7-Year-Old Boy [PDF]
Annals of Child NeurologyMin Woog Kwag, Hee Joon Yu
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Acute flaccid paralysis in an infant
Journal of Current Research in Scientific Medicine, 2022 The incidence rate of acute flaccid myelitis (AFM) in India was 12/100,000 people, whereas it is 0.71/million in the United States. The incidence of nonpolio AFM has increased over the years.[1] We present a young infant with a 3-day fever followed by ...
Antonieo Jude Raja Balraj +3 more
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Journal of Neuroscience Nursing, 2019 ABSTRACT Acute flaccid myelitis is a poliolike illness affecting mainly children, which seems to occur every 2 years in the late summer and early fall. The 2018 outbreak was alarming to parents and healthcare providers because the etiology is still under investigation and long-term outcomes are unclear.
Cathy C, Cartwright, Jennifer L, Wessol
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Canadian Medical Association Journal, 2018 From January to November 2018, there were 90 confirmed cases of acute flaccid myelitis in the United States and 48 suspected cases in Canada.1,2 Injury to the anterior horn cells of the spinal cord causes abrupt-onset limb weakness, pain, paresthesias and areflexia.3 About 25% of patients ...
Gill, P, Bitnun, A, Yeh, E
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PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2022 A substantial amount of epidemiological data has been reported on Enterovirus D68 (EV-D68) infections after the 2014 outbreak. Our goal was to map the case fatality rate (CFR) and prevalence of current and past EV-D68 infections.
Amary Fall +33 more
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