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Enterovirus D68-Associated Acute Flaccid Myelitis in Immunocompromised Woman, Italy

Authors :
Walter Barberi
Giuseppe Ippolito
Anna Paola Iori
Martina Rueca
Maria Beatrice Valli
Emanuela Giombini
Paola Scognamiglio
Maria Rosaria Capobianchi
Francesco Vairo
Concetta Castilletti
Source :
Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol 23, Iss 10, Pp 1690-1693 (2017)
Publication Year :
2017

Abstract

In Italy in 2016, acute flaccid myelitis developed in a woman who had received a hematopoietic stem cell transplant. Enterovirus D68 viral genome was detected in respiratory and cerebrospinal fluid samples, and the viral protein 1 sequence clustered with lineage B3. Immunocompromised adults may be at risk for enterovirus D68–associated neurologic complications.

Details

ISSN :
10806059
Volume :
23
Issue :
10
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Emerging infectious diseases
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....03f34d51cd0ce11ae7e920034f874d71