acute flaccid myelitis

  1. rvallee

    Enterovirus D68 in the Anterior Horn Cells of a Child with Acute Flaccid Myelitis

    Correspondance from an autopsy case, so early finding. https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMc2118155?query=TOC Autopsy material from a child who died from an acute flaccid myelitis–like illness showed EV-D68 RNA and protein in anterior horn cells and their axons, strongly implicating the...
  2. J

    Serological and metagenomic interrogation of cerebrospinal fluid implicates enteroviruses 2 in pediatric acute flaccid myelitis (2019) Schubert et al

    Preprint made available here. https://www.biorxiv.org/content/biorxiv/early/2019/06/10/666230.full.pdf
  3. Webdog

    Cases of Acute Flaccid Myelitis in Minnesota and other states

    https://bringmethenews.com/minnesota-news/rare-neurological-disease-reported-in-six-minnesota-kids Acute Flaccid Myelitis has been compared to polio, and is thought to be linked to Enterovirus D68. The long-term prognosis has not been studied.
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