Acute Flaccid Myelitis Associated with Enterovirus D68 in Children, Argentina, 2016

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Carballo, Carolina M. ; Erro, Marcela García ; Sordelli, Nora ; Vazquez, Gabriel ; Mistchenko, Alicia S. ; Cejas, Claudia ; Rodriguez, Manlio ; Cisterna, Daniel M. ; Freire, Maria Cecilia ; Contrini, Maria M. ; Lopez, Eduardo L.
• Description:
  After a 2014 outbreak of severe respiratory illness caused by enterovirus D68 in the United States, sporadic cases of acute flaccid myelitis have been reported worldwide. We describe a cluster of acute flaccid myelitis cases in Argentina in 2016, adding data to the evidence of association between enterovirus D68 and this polio-like illness.
• Subjects:
  Acute Flaccid Myelitis Acute Flaccid Myelitis Associated With Enterovirus D68 In Children, Argentina, 2016 Children Dispatch Enterovirus EV-D68 Infectious Disease Outbreaks Myelitis Viruses
• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 25(3):573-576
• Pubmed ID:
  30602120
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC6390768
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Genre:
  Dispatch
• Place as Subject:
  Argentina
• Volume:
  25
• Issue:
  3
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:0d345b035660aa948cfd9d417338fd67e0b8c2fb1598a73d0e5d5e77f5fbd626
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/76628/cdc_76628_DS1.pdf
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