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
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Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2008
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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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author Hamaguchi, Tsuyoshi
Fujisawa, Hironori
Sakai, Kenji
Okino, Soichi
Kurosaki, Naoko
Nishimura, Yorihiro
Shimizu, Hiroyuki
Yamada, Masahito
author_facet Hamaguchi, Tsuyoshi
Fujisawa, Hironori
Sakai, Kenji
Okino, Soichi
Kurosaki, Naoko
Nishimura, Yorihiro
Shimizu, Hiroyuki
Yamada, Masahito
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description 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 EV71 encephalitis even in adults.
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spelling pubmed-26002582009-01-13 Acute Encephalitis Caused by Intrafamilial Transmission of Enterovirus 71 in Adult Hamaguchi, Tsuyoshi Fujisawa, Hironori Sakai, Kenji Okino, Soichi Kurosaki, Naoko Nishimura, Yorihiro Shimizu, Hiroyuki Yamada, Masahito Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch 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 EV71 encephalitis even in adults. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2008-05 /pmc/articles/PMC2600258/ /pubmed/18439374 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1405.071121 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
spellingShingle Dispatch
Hamaguchi, Tsuyoshi
Fujisawa, Hironori
Sakai, Kenji
Okino, Soichi
Kurosaki, Naoko
Nishimura, Yorihiro
Shimizu, Hiroyuki
Yamada, Masahito
Acute Encephalitis Caused by Intrafamilial Transmission of Enterovirus 71 in Adult
title Acute Encephalitis Caused by Intrafamilial Transmission of Enterovirus 71 in Adult
title_full Acute Encephalitis Caused by Intrafamilial Transmission of Enterovirus 71 in Adult
title_fullStr Acute Encephalitis Caused by Intrafamilial Transmission of Enterovirus 71 in Adult
title_full_unstemmed Acute Encephalitis Caused by Intrafamilial Transmission of Enterovirus 71 in Adult
title_short Acute Encephalitis Caused by Intrafamilial Transmission of Enterovirus 71 in Adult
title_sort acute encephalitis caused by intrafamilial transmission of enterovirus 71 in adult
topic Dispatch
url 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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