First Cases of Severe Flaccid Paralysis Associated With Enterovirus D68 Infection in Spain, 2015-2016

Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2017 Dec;36(12):1214-1216. doi: 10.1097/INF.0000000000001668.

Abstract

Enterovirus D68 was known to be the cause of mild to severe respiratory infections, but in the last few years, it has also been associated with myelitis and paralysis. This report describes the first Enterovirus D68 detections in acute flaccid paralysis cases occurring between December 2015 and March 2016 in Spain.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Brain / diagnostic imaging
  • Brain / pathology
  • Child, Preschool
  • Enterovirus D, Human / isolation & purification*
  • Enterovirus Infections / complications
  • Enterovirus Infections / diagnosis*
  • Enterovirus Infections / pathology
  • Enterovirus Infections / virology
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Paralysis / diagnostic imaging
  • Paralysis / pathology
  • Paralysis / virology*
  • Spain
  • Spinal Cord / diagnostic imaging
  • Spinal Cord / pathology