The First Case Report of West Nile Virus-Induced Acute Flaccid Quadriplegia in Canada

The 1999 New York City outbreak of West Nile virus (WNV) was associated with a high incidence of West Nile virus neuroinvasive disease (WNVND) where the outcomes for these patients were very poor. We describe a case of West Nile virus neuroinvasive disease (WNVND) characterized by acute flaccid quad...

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Autores principales: Al-Fifi, Yahya Salim Yahya, Kadkhoda, Kamran, Drebot, Mike, Wudel, Beverly, Bow, E. J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
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Publicado: Hindawi 2018
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6079605/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30123588
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/4361706
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author Al-Fifi, Yahya Salim Yahya
Kadkhoda, Kamran
Drebot, Mike
Wudel, Beverly
Bow, E. J.
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description The 1999 New York City outbreak of West Nile virus (WNV) was associated with a high incidence of West Nile virus neuroinvasive disease (WNVND) where the outcomes for these patients were very poor. We describe a case of West Nile virus neuroinvasive disease (WNVND) characterized by acute flaccid quadriplegia with a favorable outcome in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
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spelling pubmed-60796052018-08-19 The First Case Report of West Nile Virus-Induced Acute Flaccid Quadriplegia in Canada Al-Fifi, Yahya Salim Yahya Kadkhoda, Kamran Drebot, Mike Wudel, Beverly Bow, E. J. Case Rep Infect Dis Case Report The 1999 New York City outbreak of West Nile virus (WNV) was associated with a high incidence of West Nile virus neuroinvasive disease (WNVND) where the outcomes for these patients were very poor. We describe a case of West Nile virus neuroinvasive disease (WNVND) characterized by acute flaccid quadriplegia with a favorable outcome in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Hindawi 2018-07-15 /pmc/articles/PMC6079605/ /pubmed/30123588 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/4361706 Text en Copyright © 2018 Yahya Salim Yahya Al-Fifi et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Wudel, Beverly
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The First Case Report of West Nile Virus-Induced Acute Flaccid Quadriplegia in Canada
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