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A Case of Polio-like Encephalomyelitis Associated with Enterovirus 71 Infection
Hyun Kyung Roh, Hee Jung Chung, Young Mee Jee, Doo Sung Cheon
Clin Exp Pediatr. 2001;44(11):1305-1310.   Published online November 15, 2001
Enterovirus 71(EV71), like polioviruses, invades the central nervous system to give rise to aseptic meningitis, encephalitis or myelitis. EV71 was first isolated in California in 1969 from a 9-month- old infant with encephalitis. Since then it has been isolated from the brain of children who died of encephalitis and from feces of patients with meningitis, encephalitis or paralysis. Related strains...
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