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

ABSTRACT: 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.

SUBMITTER: Carballo CM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6390768 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature