Acute flaccid myelitis and enterovirus D68: lessons from the past and present

An increase in reports of acute flaccid paralysis (AFP) in the United Kingdom, 1 January 2018–21 January 2019: early findings

(2019)   Eurosurveillance

Incidence, Risk Factors and Outcomes Among Children With Acute Flaccid Myelitis

(2019) Miranda S. Kane et al.   PEDIATRIC INFECTIOUS DISEASE JOURNAL

Contemporary Circulating Enterovirus D68 Strains Infect and Undergo Retrograde Axonal Transport in Spinal Motor Neurons Independent of Sialic Acid

(2019) Alison M. Hixon et al.   JOURNAL OF VIROLOGY

The association between acute flaccid myelitis (AFM) and Enterovirus D68 (EV-D68) – what is the evidence for causation?

(2018) Amalie Dyda et al.   Eurosurveillance

Recommendations for enterovirus diagnostics and characterisation within and beyond Europe

(2018) Heli Harvala et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL VIROLOGY

OUP accepted manuscript

(2018)   JOURNAL OF TROPICAL PEDIATRICS

Enterovirus D68 and acute flaccid myelitis—evaluating the evidence for causality

(2018) Kevin Messacar et al.   LANCET INFECTIOUS DISEASES

A virus-like particle vaccine confers protection against enterovirus D68 lethal challenge in mice

(2018) Wenlong Dai et al.   VACCINE

Causation of Acute Flaccid Paralysis by Myelitis and Myositis in Enterovirus-D68 Infected Mice Deficient in Interferon αβ/γ Receptor Deficient Mice

(2018) John Morrey et al.   Viruses-Basel

Comparative quantitative clinical, neuroimaging, and functional profiles in children with acute flaccid myelitis at acute and convalescent stages of disease

(2018) Eliza Gordon-Lipkin et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL MEDICINE AND CHILD NEUROLOGY

Twenty-Nine Cases of Enterovirus-D68 Associated Acute Flaccid Myelitis in Europe 2016; A Case Series and Epidemiologic Overview

(2018) Marjolein Knoester et al.   PEDIATRIC INFECTIOUS DISEASE JOURNAL

Nerve Transfers for Enterovirus D68 – Associated Acute Flaccid Myelitis: A case series

(2018) Eliana B. Saltzman et al.   PEDIATRIC NEUROLOGY

Serial MRI findings of acute flaccid myelitis during an outbreak of enterovirus D68 infection in Japan

(2018) Akihisa Okumura et al.   BRAIN & DEVELOPMENT

Outcome of paediatric acute flaccid myelitis associated with enterovirus D68: a case series

(2018) Amir Kirolos et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL MEDICINE AND CHILD NEUROLOGY

Safety, tolerability, and efficacy of fluoxetine as an antiviral for acute flaccid myelitis

(2018) Kevin Messacar et al.   NEUROLOGY

Clinical Subpopulations in a Sample of North American Children Diagnosed With Acute Flaccid Myelitis, 2012-2016

(2018) Matthew J. Elrick et al.   JAMA Pediatrics

Acute Flaccid Myelitis—Keys to Diagnosis, Questions About Treatment, and Future Directions

(2018) Sarah E. Hopkins et al.   JAMA Pediatrics

Increase in Acute Flaccid Myelitis — United States, 2018

(2018) Susannah L. McKay et al.   MMWR-MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY WEEKLY REPORT

Acute flaccid myelitis in childhood: a retrospective cohort study

(2017) E. W. Andersen et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NEUROLOGY

Enterovirus D68 infection in a cluster of children with acute flaccid myelitis, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2016

(2017) Victor Ruggieri et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PAEDIATRIC NEUROLOGY

Acute flaccid weakness associated with enterovirus D68

(2017) Jelte Helfferich et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PAEDIATRIC NEUROLOGY

Evaluating Treatment Efficacy in a Mouse Model of Enterovirus D68–Associated Paralytic Myelitis

(2017) Alison M Hixon et al.   JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Outcomes of Colorado children with acute flaccid myelitis at 1 year

(2017) Jan A. Martin et al.   NEUROLOGY

A mouse model of paralytic myelitis caused by enterovirus D68

(2017) Alison M. Hixon et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Notes from the Field: Cluster of Acute Flaccid Myelitis in Five Pediatric Patients — Maricopa County, Arizona, 2016

(2017) Sally A. Iverson et al.   MMWR-MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY WEEKLY REPORT

Acute Flaccid Myelitis Among Children — Washington, September–November 2016

(2017) Jesse Bonwitt et al.   MMWR-MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY WEEKLY REPORT

Acute flaccid myelitis: A clinical review of US cases 2012-2015

(2016) Kevin Messacar et al.   ANNALS OF NEUROLOGY

Lessons learnt to keep Europe polio-free: a review of outbreaks in the European Union, European Economic Area, and candidate countries, 1973 to 2013

(2016) Tarik Derrough et al.   Eurosurveillance

Longitudinal Outcomes in the 2014 Acute Flaccid Paralysis Cluster in Canada

(2016) Carmen Yea et al.   JOURNAL OF CHILD NEUROLOGY

Guillain-Barré syndrome

(2016) Hugh J Willison et al.   LANCET

Pediatric transverse myelitis

(2016) Michael Absoud et al.   NEUROLOGY

Enterovirus D68 in Critically Ill Children

(2016) Suchitra Rao et al.   Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

The emergence of enterovirus D68 in a Dutch University Medical Center and the necessity for routinely screening for respiratory viruses

(2015) Randy Poelman et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL VIROLOGY

A cluster of acute flaccid paralysis and cranial nerve dysfunction temporally associated with an outbreak of enterovirus D68 in children in Colorado, USA

(2015) Kevin Messacar et al.   LANCET

A novel outbreak enterovirus D68 strain associated with acute flaccid myelitis cases in the USA (2012–14): a retrospective cohort study

(2015) Alexander L Greninger et al.   LANCET INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Electrodiagnostic findings in acute flaccid myelitis related to enterovirus D68

(2015) Inger Anette Hynås Hovden et al.   MUSCLE & NERVE

MRI Findings in Children with Acute Flaccid Paralysis and Cranial Nerve Dysfunction Occurring during the 2014 Enterovirus D68 Outbreak

(2014) J.A. Maloney et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF NEURORADIOLOGY

Efficacy, Safety, and Immunogenicity of an Enterovirus 71 Vaccine in China

(2014) Fengcai Zhu et al.   NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

Midbrain and Spinal Cord Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Changes in Poliomyelitis

(2010) Anita Choudhary et al.   JOURNAL OF CHILD NEUROLOGY