Journal article
Acute flaccid paralysis: The new, the old, and the preventable
N Macesic, V Hall, A Mahony, L Hueston, G Ng, R Macdonell, A Hughes, G Fitt, ML Grayson
Open Forum Infectious Diseases | OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC | Published : 2016
DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofv190
Open access
Abstract
Acute flaccid paralysis (AFP) has a changing epidemiology with ongoing polio outbreaks and emerging causes such as nonpolio enteroviruses and West Nile virus (WNV). We report a case of AFP from the Horn of Africa that was initially classified as probable polio but subsequently found to be due to WNV.