Acute Encephalitis Caused by Intrafamilial Transmission of Enterovirus 71 in Adult

Enterovirus 71 (EV71) is a common cause of hand, foot, and mouth disease and sometimes causes severe neurologic complications, mainly in children. We report a case of adult-onset encephalitis caused by intrafamilial transmission of a subgenogroup C4 strain of EV71. This case elucidates the risk for...

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Autores principales: Hamaguchi, Tsuyoshi, Fujisawa, Hironori, Sakai, Kenji, Okino, Soichi, Kurosaki, Naoko, Nishimura, Yorihiro, Shimizu, Hiroyuki, Yamada, Masahito
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2008
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Dispatch
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2600258/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18439374
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1405.071121

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2600258/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18439374
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1405.071121

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