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Enterovirus D68 infection was detected for the first time in cases of acute flaccid paralysis in Spain between December 2015 and March 2016.
This report documents the first cases of severe flaccid paralysis associated with Enterovirus D68 infection in Spain.
First EV-D68 AFP cases in Spain extend geographic associations; surveillance and prospective studies needed to clarify role.
Enterovirus D68 was known to be the cause of mild to severe respiratory infections, but in the last few years, it has also been associated with myelitis and paralysis. This report describes the first Enterovirus D68 detections in acute flaccid paralysis cases occurring between December 2015 and March 2016 in Spain.
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Cabrerizo et al. (2017) studied this question. Enterovirus D68 infection was detected for the first time in cases of acute flaccid paralysis in Spain between December 2015 and March 2016.
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