Article
Neurotropism of enterovirus D68 isolates is independent of sialic acid and is not a recently acquired phenotype
2017-07-10
Abstract excerpt
Acute flaccid myelitis /acute flaccid paralysis (AFM/AFP) is a rare but serious illness of the nervous system, specifically affecting the grey matter of the spinal cord, motor controlling regions of the brain and the cranial nerve. Most cases of AFM/AFP are pathogen associated, typically with poliovirus and enterovirus infections, and occur in children under the age of 6 years old. Enterovirus D68 (EV-D68) was fir...
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- Literature Corpus work
- c67e082b-bfd8-508a-b188-645c4da143b4
- DOI
- 10.1101/161778
