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Enterovirus 71 infection with central nervous system involvement, South Korea.
Emerging infectious diseases - 1 Nov 2010
Ryu Wi-Sun, Kang Byunghak, Hong Jiyoung, Hwang Seoyeon, Kim Ahyoun, Kim Jonghyun, Cheon Doo-Sung
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We assessed neurologic sequelae associated with an enterovirus 71 (EV71) outbreak in South Korea during 2009. Four of 94 patients had high signal intensities at brainstem or cerebellum on magnetic resonance imaging. Two patients died of cardiopulmonary collapse; 2 had severe neurologic sequelae. Severity and case-fatality rates may differ by EV71 genotype or subgenotype.
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