Fatal Case of Enterovirus 71 Infection, France, 2007

Fatal Case of Enterovirus 71 Infection, France, 2007

A fatal case of enterovirus 71 infection with pulmonary edema and rhombencephalitis occurred in Brest, France, in April 2007. The virus was identified as subgenogroup C2. This highly neurotropic enterovirus merits specific surveillance outside the Asia-Pacific region.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Sophie Vallet, Marie-Christine Legrand-Quillien, Thomas Dailland, Gaëtan Podeur, Stéphanie Gouriou, Isabelle Schuffenecker, Christopher Payan, Pascale Marcorelles
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2009-11-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Enterovirus 71
pulmonary edema
encephalitis
viruses
France
dispatch
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/15/11/09-0493_article

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