Acute Flaccid Paralysis: The New, The Old, and The Preventable

Acute flaccid paralysis (AFP) has a changing epidemiology with ongoing polio outbreaks and emerging causes such as nonpolio enteroviruses and West Nile virus (WNV). We report a case of AFP from the Horn of Africa that was initially classified as probable polio but subsequently found to be due to WNV...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Macesic, N., Hall, V., Mahony, A., Hueston, L., Ng, G., Macdonell, R., Hughes, A., Fitt, G., Grayson, M. L.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2015
Materias:
Brief Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4716344/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26788545
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofv190
Descripción
Sumario:Acute flaccid paralysis (AFP) has a changing epidemiology with ongoing polio outbreaks and emerging causes such as nonpolio enteroviruses and West Nile virus (WNV). We report a case of AFP from the Horn of Africa that was initially classified as probable polio but subsequently found to be due to WNV.

Ejemplares similares