Enterovirus 68 -- United States
Following an outbreak of acute flaccid myelitis (AFM) identified at Children's Hospital Colorado in Aurora over 3 months in 2014, a potential association has been found between enterovirus D68 (EV-D68) infection and AFM in pediatric patients, according to the results of a study published recently in Emerging Infectious Diseases.
Citation: Aliabadi N, Messacar K, Pastula DM, Robinson CC, Leshem E, Sejvar JJ, Nix WA, Oberste MS, Feikin DR, Dominguez SR: Enterovirus D68 infection in children
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