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Case Reports
. 2015 Oct;21(10):1858-60.
doi: 10.3201/eid2110.150759.

Acute Flaccid Paralysis Associated with Novel Enterovirus C105

Liana M Horner, Melinda D Poulter, J Nicholas Brenton, Ronald B Turner
Case Reports

Acute Flaccid Paralysis Associated with Novel Enterovirus C105

Liana M Horner et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2015 Oct.

Abstract

An outbreak of acute flaccid paralysis among children in the United States during summer 2014 was tentatively associated with enterovirus D68 infection. This syndrome in a child in fall 2014 was associated with enterovirus C105 infection. The presence of this virus strain in North America may pose a diagnostic challenge.

Keywords: enterovirus; enterovirus C105; flaccid paralysis; rhinovirus; viruses.

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Magnetic resonance imaging of 6-year-old girl with flaccid paralysis and enterovirus C106 infection, Virginia, USA, October 2014. A) Axial T2-weighted image of the cervical spine demonstrating abnormal hyperintensity of the central gray matter (right to left). B) Sagittal T2-weighted image of the cervical spinal cord demonstrating faint longitudinally extensive central hyperintensity and associated cord edema.
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