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A 17-month-old boy in France died from an Enterovirus 71 (subgenogroup C2) infection complicated by acute pulmonary edema and rhombencephalitis.
Case Report (n=1)
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A fatal case of EV71 subgenogroup C2 infection with pulmonary edema and rhombencephalitis in France highlights the need for surveillance outside the Asia-Pacific region.
Alerts clinicians to fatal EV71 C2 in Europe; leaves open need for expanded surveillance beyond Asia-Pacific.
A fatal case of enterovirus 71 infection with pulmonary edema and rhombencephalitis occurred in Brest, France, in April 2007. The virus was identified as subgenogroup C2. This highly neurotropic enterovirus merits specific surveillance outside the Asia-Pacific region.
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Vallet et al. (2009) conducted a case report in Enterovirus 71 infection (n=1). Enterovirus 71 infection was evaluated on Clinical outcome. A 17-month-old boy in France died from an Enterovirus 71 (subgenogroup C2) infection complicated by acute pulmonary edema and rhombencephalitis.
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