Tag Archive for PRO/AH/EDR> Guillain-Barre syndrome – UK: (Wales) association with EV-D68

PRO/AH/EDR> Guillain-Barre syndrome – UK: (Wales) association with EV-D68

January 30, 2016 editor Global Disease Alerts
Enterovirus 68 -- United KingdomWe report a cluster of atypical Guillain-Barre syndrome in 10 adults temporally related to a cluster of 4 children with acute flaccid paralysis, over a 3-month period in South Wales, United Kingdom. All adult cases were male, aged between 24 and 77 years. 7 had prominent facial diplegia at onset. Available electrophysiological studies showed axonal involvement in 5 adults. 7 reported various forms of respiratory disease before onset of neurological symptoms. The ages Read more [...]
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