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

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

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 a...

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Main Authors: Emanuela Giombini, Martina Rueca, Walter Barberi, Anna Paola Iori, Concetta Castilletti, Paola Scognamiglio, Francesco Vairo, Giuseppe Ippolito, Maria Rosaria Capobianchi, Maria Beatrice Valli
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2017-10-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Enterovirus-D68
human
CNS infection
VP1 sequencing
molecular epidemiology
immunocompromised patient
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/23/10/17-0792_article

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