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Enterovirus D68–Associated Acute Flaccid Myelitis in Immunocompromised Woman, Italy

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2017
In Italy in 2016, acute flaccid myelitis developed in a woman who had received a hematopoietic stem cell transplant. Enterovirus D68 viral genome was detected in respiratory and cerebrospinal fluid samples, and the viral protein 1 sequence clustered with
Emanuela Giombini, Martina Rueca, Walter Barberi, Anna Paola Iori, Concetta Castilletti, Paola Scognamiglio, Francesco Vairo, Giuseppe Ippolito, Maria Rosaria Capobianchi, Maria Beatrice Valli   +9 more
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Acute Flaccid Myelitis: A Clinical Overview for 2019 [PDF]

Mayo Clinic Proceedings, 2019
Acute flaccid myelitis (AFM) is characterized by flaccid paralysis of one or more limbs, often following a viral illness, with magnetic resonance imaging findings consistent with inflammation of the spinal cord gray matter. It is unclear whether all patients with AFM will have full recovery of neurologic function.
Yasaman Fatemi, Rana Chakraborty
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Opsoclonus in Pediatric Patients: Differential Diagnosis and a Practical Approach to Evaluation

Annals of the Child Neurology Society, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Opsoclonus is an ocular dyskinesia characterized by involuntary, arrhythmic, multidirectional saccades. In pediatrics, opsoclonus is most commonly attributed to the rare neuroinflammatory disorder opsoclonus‐myoclonus‐ataxia syndrome (OMAS), typically considered a paraneoplastic syndrome associated with neural crest tumors. However, opsoclonus
Aubrey C. Reed, Supreet S. Randhawa, Jason H. Peragallo, Prabhumallikarjun Patil, Grace Gombolay, Varun Kannan   +5 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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Acute flaccid myelitis presumably caused by herpes virus 6: a case report

Salud, Ciencia y Tecnología
INTRODUCTION: acute flaccid myelitis (AFM) is a rare pathology that mostly affects children. It is of uncertain etiology. It has been related to enteroviruses D68 and A71, as well as viruses such as herpesviruses. CASE REPORT: we reported the case of a 1-
Angie Castro-Vera, María Vivanco-Vega, Rubén Riera-Pazmiño, Evelyn Haro-Romero, Silvia Guaigua-López, Angélica Oña-Bueno   +5 more
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Enterovirus infections in children

Pediatric Investigation, EarlyView.
Enteroviruses (EVs) are major pathogens causing a wide spectrum of diseases in children worldwide. This review summarizes the epidemiology, virology, viral replication, and virus‐host interactions of EVs. It also highlights current advances in clinical diagnosis, antiviral therapies, and vaccine development, providing insights into future strategies ...
Xiangpeng Chen, Lingyun Guo, Xiaobo Lei, Linqing Zhao, Mingyan Hei, Jun Shen, Ju Yin, Fei Li, Jikui Deng, Gang Liu, Yong Zhang, Zhengde Xie   +11 more
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Hospital discharges-based search of acute flaccid paralysis cases 2007-2016 in Italy and comparison with the National Surveillance System for monitoring the risk of polio reintroduction [PDF]

, 2019
Background Acute flaccid paralysis (AFP) surveillance has been adopted globally as a key strategy for monitoring the progress of the polio eradication initiative. Hereby, to evaluate the completeness of the ascertainment of AFP cases in Italy, a hospital-
Stefanelli P., Regional Reference Centres of the National Surveillance System for Acute flaccid paralysis., Fiore S., Fontana S., Amato C., Affanni P., Bellino S., Veronesi L., Buttinelli G.   +8 more
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Characteristics of Upper Extremity Recovery in Acute Flaccid Myelitis: A Case Series [PDF]

, 2021
BACKGROUND: Clinical characteristics and timing associated with nonsurgical recovery of upper extremity function in acute flaccid myelitis are unknown. METHODS: A single-institution retrospective case series was analyzed to describe clinical features of
Weber, Erin L., Leigh Ramos-Platt, Tiongson, Emmanuelle, Ramos-Platt, Leigh, Werner, Julie M., Julie M. Werner, Maxwell B. Johnson, Kim, Gina, Erin L. Weber, Seruya, Mitchel, Gina Kim, Johnson, Maxwell B., Emmanuelle Tiongson, Mitchel Seruya   +13 more
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Acute Flaccid Myelitis in Children in Zhejiang Province, China

Frontiers in Neurology, 2020
In July–December 2018, an outbreak of polio-like acute flaccid myelitis (AFM) occurred in Zhejiang province, China. Enterovirus (EV)-D68 infection has been reported to be associated with AFM.
Liming Gong, Yilong Wang, Yilong Wang, Weiqing Zhang, Weiqing Zhang, Chen Chen, Xinghui Yang, Xinghui Yang, Lu Xu, Lu Xu, Congying Zhao, Congying Zhao, Lihua Jiang, Lihua Jiang, Zhefeng Yuan, Zhefeng Yuan, Zhezhi Xia, Zhezhi Xia, Peifang Jiang, Peifang Jiang, Qiong Ge, Juying Yan, Yi Sun, Yin Chen, Zhengyan Zhao, Yanjun Zhang, Feng Gao, Feng Gao   +27 more
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Acute transverse myelitis in West Nile Virus, a rare neurological presentation

IDCases, 2021
Introduction: West Nile Virus varies in presentation from asymptomatic to a febrile illness often associated with malaise, weakness and maculopapular rash.
Chinmay Jani, Alexander Walker, Omar Al Omari, Dipesh Patel, Alejandro Heffess, Edward Wolpow, Stephanie Page, Daniel Bourque   +7 more
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