Acute Flaccid Myelitis: Something Old and Something New

Acute Flaccid Myelitis: Something Old and Something New

Since 2014, acute flaccid myelitis (AFM), a long-recognized condition associated with polioviruses, nonpolio enteroviruses, and various other viral and nonviral causes, has been reemerging globally in epidemic form. This unanticipated reemergence is ironic, given that polioviruses, once the major ca...

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Main Authors: David M. Morens, Gregory K. Folkers, Anthony S. Fauci
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2019-04-01
Series:mBio
Subjects:
acute flaccid myelitis
emerging diseases
enterovirus
neurology
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1128/mBio.00521-19

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