Fatal case of enterovirus 71 infection, France, 2007

Emerg Infect Dis. 2009 Nov;15(11):1837-40. doi: 10.3201/eid1511.090493.

Abstract

A fatal case of enterovirus 71 infection with pulmonary edema and rhombencephalitis occurred in Brest, France, in April 2007. The virus was identified as subgenogroup C2. This highly neurotropic enterovirus merits specific surveillance outside the Asia-Pacific region.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Communicable Diseases, Emerging / diagnosis
  • Communicable Diseases, Emerging / epidemiology*
  • Communicable Diseases, Emerging / virology
  • Enterovirus A, Human* / classification
  • Enterovirus A, Human* / genetics
  • Enterovirus A, Human* / isolation & purification
  • Enterovirus Infections / diagnosis
  • Enterovirus Infections / epidemiology*
  • Enterovirus Infections / virology
  • Fatal Outcome
  • France / epidemiology
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Male
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Phylogeny
  • Viral Structural Proteins / genetics

Substances

  • Viral Structural Proteins

Associated data

  • GENBANK/FJ824734
  • GENBANK/FJ824735
  • GENBANK/FJ824736