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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, May 2003, p. 2230-2232, Vol. 41, No. 5
0095-1137/03/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.5.2230-2232.2003
Copyright © 2003, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

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Acute Flaccid Paralysis from Echovirus Type 33 Infection

Keith Grimwood,1* Q. Sue Huang,2 Lynette G. Sadleir,1 W. Allan Nix,3 David R. Kilpatrick,3 M. Steven Oberste,3 and Mark A. Pallansch3

Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Wellington School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Wellington,1 National Polio Reference Laboratory, Institute of Environmental Science and Research, Porirua, New Zealand,2 Enterovirus Section, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia3

Received 5 August 2002/ Accepted 29 October 2002

During a community echovirus type 33 outbreak, the virus was detected in the feces and cerebrospinal fluid of a 3-year-old boy with right arm weakness that followed a mild nonspecific febrile illness. This is the first time an association between echovirus type 33 infection and acute flaccid paralysis has been reported.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Wellington School of Medicine and Health Sciences, P.O. Box 7343, Wellington South 6015, Wellington, New Zealand. Phone: 64-4-385-5957. Fax: 64-4-385-5898. E-mail: grimwood{at}wnmeds.ac.nz.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, May 2003, p. 2230-2232, Vol. 41, No. 5
0095-1137/03/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.5.2230-2232.2003
Copyright © 2003, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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