1. An increase in reports of acute flaccid paralysis (AFP) in the United Kingdom, 1 January 2018–21 January 2019: early findings
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The United Kingdom Acute Flaccid Paralysis A F P Task Force, Ramsay, M, Dunning, J, Foulkes, S, Lopez, J, Bukasa, A, Iyanger, N, Zambon, M, Brown, K, Bradshaw, D, Ladhani, S, MacGregor, V, Pebody, R, Donati, M, Stowe, J, Williams, C, Devine, M, Reynolds, A, Marques, D, McMenamin, J, Templeton, K, Lim, M, Dunning, W, and Force, The United Kingdom Acute Flaccid Paralysis Afp Task
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0301 basic medicine ,Acute flaccid paralysis ,Male ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Pediatrics ,Epidemiology ,Myelitis ,Disease Outbreaks ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,EV-D68 ,Virology ,Enterovirus Infections ,Medicine ,Humans ,Paralysis ,030212 general & internal medicine ,Enterovirus ,Enterovirus D, Human ,Science & Technology ,business.industry ,Public health ,public health ,Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health ,enterovirus D68 ,medicine.disease ,Acute flaccid myelitis ,United Kingdom ,Infectious Diseases ,030104 developmental biology ,STATES ,Acute Disease ,acute flaccid myelitis ,Muscle Hypotonia ,Female ,business ,Life Sciences & Biomedicine ,Enterovirus D68 ,Rapid Communication - Abstract
During 2018, the United Kingdom experienced an increase in reports of cases of acute flaccid paralysis (AFP). As at 21 January 2019, 40 cases had been identified with a peak in October 2018. The increase was temporally associated with an upsurge in enterovirus (EV) D68 activity. Enterovirus was detected in 15 cases, mainly from respiratory tract samples; nine were typed as EV-D68. A national task force has been established and investigations are ongoing.
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- 2019