August 1, 2000The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal
Enterovirus 71 Infections at a Canadian Center
Population
20 children with enterovirus 71 infection, median age 4.5 months, seen at a tertiary care pediatric facility…
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Implication
Mild EV71 illness in this Canadian cohort may reassure clinicians locally; leaves open strain or host factors in global severity differences.
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Population
20 children (12 male, 8 female) with enterovirus 71 infection, median age 4.5 months (range 5 weeks to 5 years), seen at a tertiary care pediatric facility in Canada between January and December 1998.
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Outcome
Epidemiology and clinical presentation of enterovirus 71 infection
Enterovirus 71 infections in this Canadian pediatric cohort presented primarily as mild aseptic meningitis and respiratory illnesses, contrasting with severe neurologic outbreaks seen elsewhere.
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Merovitz et al. (2000) studied this question.