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Longitudinal Outcomes in the 2014 Acute Flaccid Paralysis Cluster in Canada

Abstract

We describe the presenting features and long-term outcome of an unusual cluster of pediatric acute flaccid paralysis cases that occurred in Canada during the 2014 enterovirus D68 outbreak. Children (n = 25; median age 7.8 years) presenting to Canadian centers between July 1 and October 31, 2014, and who met diagnostic criteria for acute flaccid paralysis were evaluated retrospectively. The predominant presenting features included prodromal …

Authors

Yea C; Bitnun A; Robinson J; Mineyko A; Barton M; Mah JK; Vajsar J; Richardson S; Licht C; Brophy J

Journal

Journal of Child Neurology, Vol. 32, No. 3, pp. 301–307

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Publication Date

March 2017

DOI

10.1177/0883073816680770

ISSN

0883-0738