Adenovirus Type 21—Associated Acute Flaccid Paralysis during an Outbreak of Hand-Foot-and-Mouth Disease in Sarawak, Malaysia

• Main Authors: Mong, How Ooi, Wong, See Chang, Daniela, Clear, David, Perera, Shekhar, Krishnan, Teresa, Preston, Tio, Phaik Hooi, Hugh, J. Willison, Brian, Tedman, Rachel, Kneen, Mary Jane, Cardosa, Tom, Solomon
• Format: E-Article
• Language: English
• Published: Infectious Diseases Society of America 2003
• Subjects: R Medicine (General)
• Online Access: http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/8439/1/Adenovirus%20Type%2021%E2%80%94Associated%20Acute%20Flaccid%20%28abstract%29.pdf; http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/8439/; http://cid.oxfordjournals.org/content/36/5/550.short

We report the virological and clinical features of 8 children who presented with adenovirus-associated acute flaccid paralysis (AFP) during an epidemic of enterovirus type 71 (EV71)–associated hand-foot-and-mouth disease (HFMD) in Sarawak, Malaysia, in 1997. Neutralization tests and phylogenetic ana...