Two cases of acute severe flaccid myelitis associated with enterovirus D68 infection in children, Norway, autumn 2014

H C Pfeiffer; K Bragstad; M K Skram; H Dahl; P K Knudsen; M S Chawla; M Holberg-Petersen; K Vainio; S G Dudman; A M Kran; A E Rojahn

doi:10.2807/1560-7917.ES2015.20.10.21062

Rapid communications Open Access

Like 0

Download

Two cases of acute severe flaccid myelitis associated with enterovirus D68 infection in children, Norway, autumn 2014
H C Pfeiffer¹ , K Bragstad² , M K Skram¹ , H Dahl¹ , P K Knudsen¹ , M S Chawla³ , M Holberg-Petersen⁴ , K Vainio² , S G Dudman² , A M Kran⁴ , A E Rojahn¹
View Affiliations Hide Affiliations

Affiliations: ¹ Department of Paediatrics, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway ² Department of Virology, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway ³ Department of Radiology, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway ⁴ Department of Microbiology, Oslo University Hospital, University of Oslo, Institute of Clinical Medicine, Oslo, Norway

Correspondence:
H Pfeiffer
helvie ous-hf.no
View Citation Hide Citation

Citation style for this article: Pfeiffer H C, Bragstad K, Skram M K, Dahl H, Knudsen P K, Chawla M S, Holberg-Petersen M, Vainio K, Dudman S G, Kran A M, Rojahn A E. Two cases of acute severe flaccid myelitis associated with enterovirus D68 infection in children, Norway, autumn 2014. Euro Surveill. 2015;20(10):pii=21062. https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES2015.20.10.21062 Received: 25 Feb 2015

Previous Article
Table of Contents
Next Article

Abstract

Enterovirus D68 (EV-D68), phylogenetic clade B was identified in nasopharyngeal specimens of two cases of severe acute flaccid myelitis. The cases were six and five years-old and occurred in September and November 2014. EV-D68 is increasingly associated with acute flaccid myelitis in children, most cases being reported in the United States. Awareness of this possible neurological complication of enterovirus D68 infection is needed.