Acute flaccid paralysis following enterovirus D68 associated pneumonia, France, 2014

M Lang; A Mirand; N Savy; C Henquell; S Maridet; R Perignon; A Labbé; H Peigue-Lafeuille

doi:10.2807/1560-7917.ES2014.19.44.20952

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Acute flaccid paralysis following enterovirus D68 associated pneumonia, France, 2014
M Lang¹ , A Mirand^2,3 , N Savy¹ , C Henquell^2,3 , S Maridet¹ , R Perignon⁴ , A Labbé¹ , H Peigue-Lafeuille^2,3
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Affiliations: ¹ CHU Clermont-Ferrand, NHE, Service de réanimation pédiatrique, Clermont-Ferrand, France ² CHU Clermont-Ferrand, Laboratoire de Virologie, Centre National de Référence des Enterovirus/Parechovirus – laboratoire associé, Clermont-Ferrand, France ³ Université d’Auvergne, EA4843 Epidémiologie et pathogénie des infections à entérovirus, Clermont-Ferrand, France ⁴ CHU Clermont-Ferrand, NHE, Département d’imagerie pédiatrique, Clermont-Ferrand, France

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A Mirand
amirand chu-clermontferrand.fr
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Citation style for this article: Lang M, Mirand A, Savy N, Henquell C, Maridet S, Perignon R, Labbé A, Peigue-Lafeuille H. Acute flaccid paralysis following enterovirus D68 associated pneumonia, France, 2014. Euro Surveill. 2014;19(44):pii=20952. https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES2014.19.44.20952 Received: 24 Oct 2014

Abstract

Human enterovirus D68 (EV-D68) is known to be associated with mild to severe respiratory infections. Recent reports in the United States and Canada of acute flaccid paralysis (AFP) in children with detection of EV-D68 in respiratory samples have raised concerns about the aetiological role of this EV type in severe neurological disease. This case study is the first report of AFP following EV-D68 infection in Europe.