Abstract
Trends in Sexual Risk Behaviors Among High School Students—United States, 1991-2001
Highlights
WEST NILE VIRUS (WNV) INFECTION CAN cause severe, potentially fatal neurologic illnesses including encephalitis and meningitis.1,2 Acute WNV infection has been associated with acute flaccid paralysis (AFP) attributed to a peripheral demyelinating process (Guillain-Barré Syndrome [GBS]),3 or to an anterior myelitis.4 the exact etiology of AFP has not been assessed thoroughly with electrophysiologic, laboratory, and neuroimaging data
This report describes six cases of WNVassociated AFP in which clinical and electrophysiologic findings suggest a pathologic process involving anterior horn cells and motor axons similar to that seen in acute poliomyelitis
An evolving stroke was diagnosed, and the patient was treated with anticoagulant therapy; subsequently, the illness was attributed to GBS, and intravenous immune globulin (IVIG) therapy was initiated
Summary
WEST NILE VIRUS (WNV) INFECTION CAN cause severe, potentially fatal neurologic illnesses including encephalitis and meningitis. Acute WNV infection has been associated with acute flaccid paralysis (AFP) attributed to a peripheral demyelinating process (Guillain-Barré Syndrome [GBS]), or to an anterior myelitis. the exact etiology of AFP has not been assessed thoroughly with electrophysiologic, laboratory, and neuroimaging data. WEST NILE VIRUS (WNV) INFECTION CAN cause severe, potentially fatal neurologic illnesses including encephalitis and meningitis.. Acute WNV infection has been associated with acute flaccid paralysis (AFP) attributed to a peripheral demyelinating process (Guillain-Barré Syndrome [GBS]), or to an anterior myelitis.. The exact etiology of AFP has not been assessed thoroughly with electrophysiologic, laboratory, and neuroimaging data. This report describes six cases of WNVassociated AFP in which clinical and electrophysiologic findings suggest a pathologic process involving anterior horn cells and motor axons similar to that seen in acute poliomyelitis.
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