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Study Confirms Pathogenesis of EV-D68 Virus Causing Polio-like Paralyzing Illness in Children: UNC School of Medicine

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 A case report published in the New England Journal of Medicine provides evidence that enterovirus D68 directly infects spinal cord neurons and that a corresponding robust immune...

Enterovirus antibodies detected in acute flaccid myelitis patients

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A new study analyzing samples from patients with and without acute flaccid myelitis (AFM) provides additional evidence for an association between the rare but often serious condition that causes muscle...

Enterovirus D68: ‘No evidence it’s an imported disease’

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Since 2014, some media and radio personalities have attributed the increase in Enterovirus D68 (EV-D68) cases in the US to immigrant children from Central America. The latest was a segment last week on...

Infectious disease news brief: ‘No evidence that Enterovirus D68 is an imported disease’

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Since 2014, some media and radio personalities have attributed the increase in Enterovirus D68 (EV-D68) cases in the US to immigrant children from Central America. The latest was a segment last week on...

Acute Flaccid Myelitis: NIH calls for concerted research to develop non-polio enterovirus-specific diagnostics, more

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Acute flaccid myelitis (AFM) presents significant challenges not only to patients but also to researchers, and efforts must be accelerated to learn more about the condition, experts from the National Institute...

India: Acute flaccid paralysis cases down in 2018

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Acute flaccid paralysis (AFP) is a clinical syndrome characterized by rapid onset of weakness of lower motor neuron type, including weakness of the respiratory and pharyngeal muscles, progressing to maximum...

Infectious disease bric-a-bracs: Canada vaccine shortage, AFM surgery

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Here is a look at some interesting infectious disease and health news reported across the globe: Canada-wide Hep A and Hep B vaccine shortage A Canada-wide shortage of hepatitis A and B vaccines is a...

Infectious disease bric-a-bracs: Monkey fever, Elections in DRC and Ebola

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Here is a look at some important infectious disease news reported across the globe:   Monkey fever claims 6 lives in Karnataka’s Shivamogga At least six people have died due to Monkey fever...

Florida reports 1st acute flaccid myelitis case, Nationally cases continue rise

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Florida is the latest state to record a confirmed case of acute flaccid myelitis (AFM), a condition that affects the nervous system, specifically the area of the spinal cord called gray matter, which causes...

South Dakota confirms 1st Acute Flaccid Myelitis Case

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South Dakota state health officials are reporting the first confirmed acute flaccid myelitis (AFM) case of 2018. This comes a month after the South Dakota Department of Health announced investigating...